An enquiry by JUNE ROSE
Can you talk to your Gp about personal problems? It has been estimated that half the visits that are made to doctors' surgeries may be basically about emotional rather than physical troubles. How many GPS are capable of handling them? How many have time? JUNE ROSE talks to patients and gps, and discusses what could be done to help the Gp in this increasingly important role with DR DESMOND POND , Professor of Psychiatry, Universityof London DR R. R. R. TILLEARD-COLE , Director, Oxford Institute of Psychiatry
A gp with psychiatric training Produced by RICHARD KEEN