Results
These scores relate to how GP’s and psychiatrists felt about the questionnaire statements (on a score of 0-100)
| Question | GP score | Psychiatrist score | |
| 1 | Biochemical abnormality is the basis of severe depression. | 67 | 75 |
| 2 | It is difficult to know if patients are unhappy or have a clinical depressive disorder needing treatment. | 46 | 35 |
| 3 | People with poor stamina deal with life problems by becoming depressed. | 35 | 22 |
| 4 | I feel comfortable dealing with a depressed patient’s needs. | 61 | 78 |
| 5 | Depression is a patient response which cannot be changed. | 30 | 14 |
| 6 | Becoming depressed is part of being old | 22 | 14 |
| 7 | Working with depressed patients is heavy going. | 71 | 45 |
| 8 | There is little to offer depressed patients who do not respond to what GP’s do | 30 | 9 |
| 9 | It is rewarding to look after depressed patients. | 56 | 82 |
| 10 | Psychotherapy tends to be unsuccessful with depressed patients. | 44 | 27 |
| 11 | Depressed patients needing antidepressants are better off with a psychiatrist than a GP. | 17 | 35 |
| 12 | Antidepressant treatment in general practice usually produces a satisfactory result. | 70 | 60 |
| 13 | If psychotherapy was freely available, it would be more beneficial than antidepressants for most patients. | 52 | 22 |
Ref:
- General Practitioners and depression – first use of the depression attitude questionnaire: Int Jour Med Psych Res 1992 2: 169-180
- General practitioners and psychiatrists: comparison of attitudes to depression using the depression attitude questionnaire: BJGP 1995 45 89-92