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Attitudes towards depression among non-psychiatric physicians in four tertiary centres in Riyadh.
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11 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Mental health literacy in Arab states of the Gulf Cooperation Council: A systematic review.PloS one · 2021Pooled it
- Mental Health Literacy of Healthcare Providers in Arab Gulf Countries: A Systematic Review.Journal of primary care & community healthPooled it
- Healthcare attitudes toward depression in Latin America: a latent class analysis from Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela using the Spanish-validated revised depression attitude questionnaire (SR-DAQ).International journal for equity in health · 2025Article
- General practitioners' attitude and performance about the diagnosis and treatment of depressive disorder.Journal of education and health promotion · 2025Article
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- Attitudes toward depression among Ecuadorian physicians using the Spanish-validated version of the Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire (R-DAQ).BMC psychology · 2023Article
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- The role of community pharmacists in depression management: a survey of attitudes, practices and perceived barriers.International journal of clinical pharmacy · 2022Article
- Lay HIV counselors' knowledge and attitudes toward depression: A mixed-methods cross-sectional study at primary healthcare centers in Mozambique.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Preference, Knowledge, and Attitudes of Parents Toward Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Their Children in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.Frontiers in psychology · 2021Article
- Mental illness attitudes and knowledge in non-specialist medical doctors working in state and private sectors.The South African journal of psychiatry : SAJP : the journal of the Society of Psychiatrists of South Africa · 2021Article
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Abstract
Depression is a common mental illness that has a profound impact on an estimated number of 300 million people worldwide. Depression is stigmatised in communities and even physicians, especially, non-psychiatric physicians, which affects depressed patients' care. This study aims to investigate non-psychiatric physicians' attitudes towards depression in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The study surveyed 380 participants using Revised Depression Attitude Questionnaire. Non-psychiatric physicians in Riyadh are optimistic and have a positive perspective towards depression. Yet, the majority preferred dealing with physical rather than mental illness. Understanding the attitudes of medical practitioners is important to shape service delivery and assess training needs.
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