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Table 3 General practitioner (GP) inter-professional collaboration features (n = 398)

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 %]:

 

   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)]:

 

   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 %]:

 

   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