Easily accessible, lowthresholdreferral services are pivotalin supportingGPsinthemanagement and treatmentof emerging schizophrenia in primaryhealthcare patients.
General practitioners (GPs) have an important role in the treatment of patients with an established diagnosis of schizophrenia (Lang et al, 1997) as well as in the identification of people in the early stages of psychosis (Skeate et al, 2002). In this study, by the Swiss Early Psychosis Project (http://www.swepp.ch) among GPs in Switzerland, we investigated the following issues pertaining to patients with suspected or established schizophrenia: patient load, treatment setting, attitudes and needs, diagnostic knowledge and current treatment practice of GPs. Clear knowledge regarding these issues may advance the education of primary care professionals and thus improve the primary care of patients with chronic schizophrenia and those with early psychosis.
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Simon et al., British Journal of Psychiatry 2005 (http://www NULL.ncbi NULL.nlm NULL.nih NULL.gov/pubmed/16135866)