From: Understanding the prescription of antidepressants: a Qualitative study among French GPs
Quote 27 | Feeling | "I feel I am able to identify him in the waiting room" (FG 2, male GP, 40, rural practice) |
Quote 28 | Physician Experience | "Our strength is our experience, which allows us to quickly diagnose, ultimately with only a few mistakes." (FG 3, male GP, 59, urban practice) |
Quote 29 | Knowledge of the patient | "I have a different threshold for my prescription if I know the patient." (FG 6, female GP, 29, locum) |
Quote 30 | Contact with the patient | "I think it depends on the relationship. A patient who is at the end of his tether and says something about it worries me less than one who keeps quiet."(FG4 female GP, 50, mixed practice) |
Quote 31 | Test diagnoses | "It's a kind of therapeutic trial: Sometimes, I get fooled. I see the patient a month later and they are doing really well. They tell me, "Hey, I stopped taking that medication." I tell myself, "If they stopped after just one month then it really wasn't a major depression."(FG1, male GP, 59, mixed practice) |
Quote 32 | Calling, seeing the patient again | "I'll call him back within 8 or 10 days to be certain of my diagnosis." "If the symptoms remain, and the patient comes back it is possible to prescribe ADs "(FG 1, male GP, 35, rural practice) |