PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
ED  - ,
TI  - Counselling in general practice
AID  - 10.1136/dtb.2000.38749
DP  - 2000 Jul 01
TA  - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin
PG  - 49--52
VI  - 38
IP  - 7
4099  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/38/7/49.short
4100  - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/38/7/49.full
SO  - Drug Ther Bull2000 Jul 01; 38
AB  - Up to 30% of the problems that patients consult their GPs about have a psychosocial component.1,2 Managing the needs of these patients has contributed to the increase of counselling provision in primary care. Most primary care groups (81%) have some provision for practice-based counselling,3 and around a third4 to a half 5 of general practices now have counselling services provided by a range of practitioners. Here, we assess the effectiveness of counselling for managing emotional and mental health problems in general practice.