caa a22 4500 397498411 CHVBK 20180308164527.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161202e199503 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1093/fampra/12.1.12 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)oxford-10.1093/fampra/12.1.12 Management of depression in the elderly by general Practitioners: II. Attitudes to ageing and factors affecting practice [Elektronische Daten] [Elizabeth Collins, Cornelius Katona, Martin Orrell] Although general practitioners (GPs) may be able to identify depression in elderly patients many patients do remain untreated. It is possible that negative attitudes could influence treatment. This study aims to investigate GPs' attitudes towards depression in the elderly. A national questionnaire study on the management of depression in the elderly was carried out. It enquired about attitudes towards treatment and diagnosis of depression and ageing and depression. Most GPs were confident about treating depression but agreed that it was difficult to treat and said that they would benefit from more information and training. A small proportion of the sample agreed that depression was a natural consequence of ageing and that most people when elderly get depressed. Older GPs were more likely to see depression as more difficult to treat and stopped medication sooner after recovery. Female GPs felt less confident in management and expressed more interest in further training although this did not appear to reflect the quality of care. In general GPs did not have negative views about depression and ageing; they did, however, identify a need for more training in the management of depression in the elderly. © Oxford University Press Original articles nationallicence Collins Elizabeth Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, UK, London, WC1, UK aut Katona Cornelius University College London Medical School London, WC1, UK aut Orrell Martin University College London Medical School London, WC1, UK aut Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 12-17 0263-2136 12:1<12 1995 12 famprj https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.12 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1093/fampra/12.1.12 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Collins Elizabeth Princess Alexandra Hospital, Harlow, Essex, UK, London, WC1, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Katona Cornelius University College London Medical School London, WC1, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Orrell Martin University College London Medical School London, WC1, UK aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Family Practice Oxford University Press 12/1(1995-03), 12-17 0263-2136 12:1<12 1995 12 famprj Metadata rights reserved CC BY-NC-4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-oxford