Care of schizophrenia in general practice.
BMJPublished 9 October 1993Open access
Irwin Nazareth, Michael King, Andy Haines, Shu‐Yu Tai, Gillian C. Hall
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Mental health consultations strongly predicted that a patient belonged to the schizophrenia group, and physical consultations were more strongly associated with being in the physical disease group, as were repeat prescriptions and disease specific assessments.
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Little is known about the management of schizophrenia in general practice
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