Citation

Suárez Richards M, Pujol S, Arboleda-Flórez JE, Goñi MM. Vertex 2009; 20(88): 405-410.

Vernacular Title

Estudio del conocimiento sobre los Trastornos Depresivos entre los medicos

Affiliation

Programa de Estudios Psiquiátricos y Cognitivos (PEPyC), Facultad de Ciencias Médicas, Universidad de La Plata, Argentina.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2009, Polemos)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

20038991

Abstract

Objectives: To determine the level of knowledge about depressive disorders including their treatment, comorbidities and suicide potential among a number of general practitioners who agreed to fill out a questionnaire and provided information about their professional activities. Method: Exploratory cross-sectional study among a number of general practitioners who answered voluntarily and anonymously to a questionnaire consisting of twelve questions. Data collected from 288 physicians were analyzed. Results: The majority of physicians (97.6%, n=281) considered that depression was a disease, but 39.6% (n=114) believed that it was caused by lack of will power or characterological weaknesses, which create a dissonance with the concept of disease. They also felt that they did not have enough knowledge about Depressive Disorders such as their origins, type of medications and length of treatment, comorbidities and suicide potential. Conclusions: The results point to the need for continuous medical education about Depressive Disorders among general practitioners.

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