The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry
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Aust N Z J Psychiatry · Nov 2011
Management of children's psychological problems in general practice 1970-1971, 1990-1991 and 2008-2009.
The aim of this study was to examine changes over four decades in children's psychological problems managed in Australian general practice and to describe recent management of these problems. ⋯ Access to the three studies allowed consideration of trends over a forty year period, showing the development of newly defined conditions which have replaced childhood diagnoses of past decades. The results demonstrate that GP involvement in children's mental health care management has grown significantly over the past 20 years.