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A Clare

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PubMed1982

Health and social characteristics of long-term psychotropic drug takers.

Prolonged use of drugs for the treatment of specific chronic disorders such as hypertension. diabetes and asthma can be explained largely in clinical terms. The use of psychotropic drugs, on the other hand appears to be in response to such a broad range of indications that prolonged use requires investigation from a sociomedical perspective. In this paper we consider the contributions of illness behavior and social network theories to an understanding of long-term use of psychotropic drugs. The present sample emerged from a cohort of general practice patients a new episode of psychotropic drug treatment. Twenty-six patients from a cohort of 124 continued to receive prescriptions for at least 6 months and 19 were interviewed for this pilot study.

Adult↗
PubMed1979

Psychiatrists' models of mental illness and their personal backgrounds.

Seventy-nine junior psychiatrists at the Maudsley Hospital answered 16 biographical questions and a 68-item questionnaire measuring attitudes to the psychoanalytical, biological, social, behavioural, and anti-medical models of mental illness. The psychoanalytical model was the most clearly defined and its adherents the most dogmatic, while those supporting the social model were the most eclectic. Sex, social class, education and political sympathy proved a poor guide to the orientation of the respondent. Individuals who had decided on a career in psychiatry before entering medical school were the most critical of the biological model. Biologically minded psychiatrists were older and, in contrast to Kreitman's findings, there was a shift from a psychoanalytical to a biological preference with increasing psychiatric experience. The importance of scientific attitudes in psychiatry was endorsed by biologically and behaviourally inclined psychiatrists but denigrated by supporters of the analytical approach. Adherents of the psychoanalytical model had as many academic qualifications as the biologically inclined, but had fewer publications and were less active in research. It appears that interest in psychoanalysis is antipathetic to the development of scientific attitudes conducive to research.

Age Factors↗
PubMed1979

Social workers in primary health care: the general practitioner's viewpoint.

The success of general practitioner/social worker collaboration in primary care depends largely on how the doctors perceive the attachment.We examined the replies of a group of general practitioners to a series of questions about such an attachment. Although the collaboration may lead to more work for the doctors, it was much appreciated by them.

Family Practice↗