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Treatment adequacy of anxiety and depressive disorders: primary versus specialised care in SpainAnna Fernandez
Sant Joan de Deu SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
J Affect Disord 96:9-20. 2006..This study aimed to describe the adequacy of treatment for Anxiety and Depressive disorders in Spain, how this differs between providers (primary versus specialised care) and which factors are associated with appropriate care...
[Opinions of general practitioners, psychiatrists and psychologists on the clinical practice guidelines for depression]Anna Fernández Sánchez
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Fundación Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
Aten Primaria 42:552-8. 2010..To explore the views on clinical practice guidelines (CPG) of general practitioners (GP), psychiatrists, and psychologists...
Burden of chronic physical conditions and mental disorders in primary careAnna Fernandez
Sant Joan de Deu SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Research and Development Unit, Dr Antoni Pujadas, 42, 08830 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Br J Psychiatry 196:302-9. 2010..The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the three leading causes of burden of disease in 2030 are projected to include HIV/AIDS, unipolar depression and ischaemic heart disease...
Is major depression adequately diagnosed and treated by general practitioners? Results from an epidemiological studyAnna Fernandez
Sant Joan de Deu SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:201-9. 2010....
Treatment adequacy for anxiety and depressive disorders in six European countriesA Fernandez
Paediatrics, Obstetrics, and Gynaecology, and Preventive Medicine Department, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, and Research and Sant Joan de Déu Mental Health Services, Spain, and Hôpital Fernand Widal, Paris, France
Br J Psychiatry 190:172-3. 2007..8% (57.4% in the specialised sector and 23.3% in the general medical care sector). Between-country differences were found in treatment adequacy in the specialised setting. Organisational and political aspects may explain these findings...
Adjustment disorders in primary care: prevalence, recognition and use of servicesAnna Fernandez
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Research and Development Unit, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujadas 42, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Br J Psychiatry 201:137-42. 2012..Within the ICD and DSM review processes there is growing debate on the future classification and status of adjustment disorders, even though evidence on this clinical entity is scant, particularly outside specialised care...
Impact of mental disorders and chronic physical conditions in health-related quality of life among primary care patients: results from an epidemiological studyAlejandra Pinto-Meza
Sant Joan de Deu SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
Qual Life Res 18:1011-8. 2009..To estimate the comorbidity of mental disorders with chronic physical conditions and to assess their independent and combined effects on health-related quality of life (HRQOL)...
Measuring use of services for mental health problems in epidemiological surveysChristine Sevilla-Dedieu
MGEN Foundation for Public Health, Paris, France
Int J Methods Psychiatr Res 20:182-91. 2011..In conclusion, services used for mental health reasons when measured through a question referring to use of care due to the presence of a mental problem may underestimate the care people received for their problems...
Dropping out of mental health treatment among patients with depression and anxiety by type of provider: results of the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental DisordersAlejandra Pinto-Meza
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, Spain
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 46:273-80. 2011..The aim of this study was to compare treatment dropout rates by type of provider, dropout risk by number of visit, and to ascertain factors associated with treatment dropout...
Recognition of anxiety disorders by the general practitioner: results from the DASMAP studyAnna Fernandez
Research and Development Unit, Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Barcelona, Spain
Gen Hosp Psychiatry 34:227-33. 2012..The objectives were to determine the levels of general practitioner (GP) recognition of anxiety disorders and examine associated factors...
Suicide ideation across reproductive life cycle of women. Results from a European epidemiological studyJudith Usall
Sant Joan de Deu SSM, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Centro de Investigación en Red de Salud Mental CIBERSAM, Spain
J Affect Disord 116:144-7. 2009..The aim of the present study is to compare suicide ideation among women in the pre-, peri-, and post-menopause using a cross-sectional household survey of non-institutionalised adults from six European countries...
Adequacy of antidepressant treatment in Spanish primary care: a naturalistic six-month follow-up studyAlejandra Pinto-Meza
Department of Research and Development, Sant Joan de Deu SSM, Carrer Dr Antoni Pujades, 42 Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Psychiatr Serv 59:78-83. 2008..Factors that could be associated with adequacy of care also were explored...
Seeking help for mental health problems outside the conventional health care system: results from the European Study of the Epidemiology of Mental Disorders (ESEMeD)Christine Sevilla-Dedieu
Mutuelle Générale de l Education Nationale Foundation for Public Health, Paris, France
Can J Psychiatry 55:586-97. 2010..As this situation is not well documented in Europe, we assessed use of nonconventional care for mental health in 6 European countries...
Association of childhood adversities with the first onset of mental disorders in Spain: results from the ESEMeD projectJaime Perales
Parc Sanitari Sant Joan de Deu, Fundació Sant Joan de Déu, Dr Antoni Pujades, 42, 08830, Sant Boi de Llobregat, Barcelona, Spain
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol 48:371-84. 2013..The present paper studies the prevalence of a wide variety of CAs, as well as their relationship to the onset of mental disorders in a representative sample of a Spanish population...
