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The British Journal of Psychiatry 147: 119-126 (1985)
© 1985 The Royal College of Psychiatrists

Depression in general practice: clinical features and comparison with out-patients

LI Sireling, P Freeling, ES Paykel and BM Rao

General practice (GP) depressives prescribed an antidepressant were compared with those given other treatment, and with antidepressant- treated psychiatric out-patient depressives. GP depressives were considerably less severely ill than out-patients, with fewer depressive symptoms and shorter illness, as well as less primary and less endogenous depression. The two groups of GP depressives differed less, but those receiving other treatment tended to have less severe depression than those receiving antidepressants and were less likely to satisfy diagnostic criteria for depression. Depressives in GP differ considerably in clinical characteristics from psychiatric out-patient depressives, and clinical features influence the GP's decision to treat with antidepressants.


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