La Tunisie médicale
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La Tunisie médicale · Jan 2010
[The physicians' perception of the general practitioner management of mental disorders: importance, difficulties and perspectives].
Mental disorders are common in general medicine consultation. According to international studies, their prevalence in primary care varies from 34 to 54%. In Tunisia, the general practitioner role, as well as the difficulties that encountered them in the management of these disorders, are little known. ⋯ This investigation has permitted to identify reciprocal expectations of general practitioners and psychiatrists. They both agreed upon the need of a more important implication of the general practitioners in the mental disorder management and the necessity of psychiatrists' involvement in the general practitioners training and information.