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An evaluation of general practitioners' knowledge and satisfaction of a local child and family psychiatric service

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

Aristos Markantonakis  and
John Mathai
John Mathai
Affiliation:
The Institute of Family Psychiatry, 23 Henley Road, Ipswich IP1 3TF, Suffolk
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Although childhood psychiatric disorders are commonly seen in general practice, only a few children in the community eventually gain access to professional help (Rutter, Cox, Tupling et al, 1975; Bailey, Graham & Boniface, 1978). Whether a child is referred or not depends on various factors connected with the child and family (Garralda & Bailey, 1988) and others such as what the GP expects from the referral. Whether GPs know of what the child psychiatric services in the area have to offer might also be expected to effect referral. We know that there is a general dissatisfaction with written communication between general practitioners and specialists in terms of the quality on the communication and usefulness to both groups (Pullen & Yellowlees, 1985; Kentish, Jenkins & Lask, 1987).

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 6 , June 1990 , pp. 328 - 329
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1990

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