Why can't GPs follow guidelines on depression? We must question the basis of the guidelines themselves.

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

Who cites it

25 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

1. Can the feedback of patient assessments, brief training, or their combination, improve the interpersonal skills of primary care physicians? A systematic review.BMC health services research · 2008
   Pooled it
2. Guideline adherence of antidepressant treatment in outpatients with major depressive disorder: a naturalistic study.European archives of psychiatry and clinical neuroscience · 2017
   Trial
3. Prodromal schizophrenia in primary care: a randomised sensitisation study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2010
   Trial
4. Randomised controlled trial of effect of leaflets to empower patients in consultations in primary care.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2004
   Trial
5. Withdrawal of unnecessary antidepressant medication: a randomised controlled trial in primary care.BJGP open · 2018
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6. Diagnosis and management of perinatal depression and anxiety in general practice: a meta-synthesis of qualitative studies.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2017
   Review
7. What is depression? Psychiatrists' and GPs' experiences of diagnosis and the diagnostic process.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2014
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8. Diagnostic and statistical manual-5: Position paper of the Indian Psychiatric Society.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2013
   Article
9. Improving access to psychosocial interventions for common mental health problems in the United Kingdom: narrative review and development of a conceptual model for complex interventions.BMC health services research · 2012
   Review
10. Upper gastrointestinal endoscopy for dyspepsia: exploratory study of factors influencing patient compliance in Greece.BMC gastroenterology · 2011
    Article
11. [Opinions of general practitioners, psychiatrists and psychologists on the clinical practice guidelines for depression].Atencion primaria · 2010
    Article
12. Diverse voices, simple desires: a conceptual design for primary care to respond to depression and related disorders.Family practice · 2010
    Article
13. How could depression guidelines be made more relevant and applicable to primary care? A quantitative and qualitative review of national guidelines.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2009
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14. What information do general practitioners expect in letters from mental health services?London journal of primary care · 2009
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15. Learning by doing: a novel approach to improving general practitioners' diagnostic skills for common mental disorders.Wiener klinische Wochenschrift · 2007
    Article
16. The diagnosis and management of depression and anxiety in primary care: the need for a different framework.Postgraduate medical journal · 2006
    Review
17. Can sociology offer a new way of viewing our daily surgeries? Seeing the general in the particular, the social and the individual.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2006
    Article
18. Diagnosing depression: there is no blood test.Canadian family physician Medecin de famille canadien · 2005
    Article
19. Managing common mental health disorders in primary care: conceptual models and evidence base.BMJ (Clinical research ed.) · 2005
    Review
20. GP treatment decisions for patients with depression: an observational study.The British journal of general practice : the journal of the Royal College of General Practitioners · 2005
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Corrections and comments

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  Diagnosing and treating depression. Educating family physicians to recognise depression.2000
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  Diagnosing and treating depression. Treatment is often challenging.2000
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  Diagnosing and treating depression. A holistic approach is recommended.2000
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  Diagnosing and treating depression. Can primary care improve care for depressed patients?2000
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  Diagnosing and treating depression. Learning to look at the illness from both sides.2000

Authors and funding

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