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  • Title: Mental health and medical consultation in primary care settings.
    Author: Vázquez-Barquero JL, Wilkinson G, Williams P, Diez-Manrique JF, Peña C.
    Journal: Psychol Med; 1990 Aug; 20(3):681-94. PubMed ID: 2236378.
    Abstract:
    This paper examines the effect of psychiatric morbidity, as measured by the GHQ-60, on the probability of being in contact with a primary care physician, and the socio-demographic factors which influenced this effect. We found that the presence of psychiatric morbidity emerged as a major determinant of primary care utilization in both sexes, and about one-sixth of consultations in men and one-fifth of consultations in women could be attributed to it. Logistic modelling was used to investigate the joint effect on general practitioner consultation of psychiatric morbidity and seven socio-demographic variables. Sex, age, and psychiatric morbidity exerted independent, but not interactive, effects on consultation.
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