From: Variables associated with general practitioners taking on serious mental disorder patients
Number of patients referred per week to other resources for any types of care (among patients visiting GPs per week for mental disorders, both common and serious disorders) [mean (SD)] | 5 (± 5) |
Proportion of serious mental disorders (SMD) patients referred to other resources (among all SMD patients visiting GPs weekly, either those on a one-time basis or the GPs own patients) (%) [mean % (SD)]: | 71 (± 34) |
Among all GPs referring SMD patients, proportion of GPs who referred SMD patients for the following reasons [mean %]: | Â |
   advice on medication | 84 |
   diagnostic evaluation | 82 |
Among patients visiting GPs with SMD, proportion referred by GPs (for any types of care) to the following resources [mean % (SD)]: | Â |
   Emergency room | 27 (± 36) |
   Psychiatric services | 22 (± 32) |
   Psychologists in private practice | 5 (± 16) |
   CLSC: |  |
Mental health team | 11 (± 24) |
Psychosocial services | 8 (± 20) |
   Voluntary sector (e.g. day centers and mutual self-help group) | 4 (± 15) |
   Crisis center | 4 (± 13) |
Among GPs reporting transferring mental disorder patients (i.e., all GP mental disorder consultations, both SMD and common mental disorders), proportion of GPs who transferred patients occasionally and often (for any types of care, and for either a short-term or a long-term period) to other resources for the following reasons [mean %]: | Â |
   severity of the disorder | 93.6 |
   case complexity | 92.1 |
   lack of support from psychiatrists | 62.7 |
   insufficient mental health training | 58.9 |
   lack of interest in mental health | 17.5 |
   insufficient financial incentives | 18.0 |