TY - JOUR T1 - Counselling in general practice JF - Drug and Therapeutics Bulletin JO - Drug Ther Bull SP - 49 LP - 52 DO - 10.1136/dtb.2000.38749 VL - 38 IS - 7 A2 - , Y1 - 2000/07/01 UR - http://dtb.bmj.com/content/38/7/49.abstract N2 - 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. ER -