Cost-effectiveness of referral for generic care or problem-solving treatment from community mental health nurses, compared with usual general practitioner care for common mental disorders

Tony Kendrick, Lucy Simons, Laurence Mynors‐Wallis, Alastair Gray, Judith Lathlean, Ruth Pickering, Scott Harris, Oliver Rivero‐Arias, Karen Gerard, Chris Thompson

The British Journal of Psychiatry · 2006 · 68 citations · 26 references

Abstract

GPs should not refer unselected patients with common mental disorders to specialist nurses. Problem-solving should be reserved for patients who have not responded to initial GP care.

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