title: The effects of depression awareness seminars on general practitioners knowledge of depressive illness.
abstract: The Royal Colleges of Psychiatry and General Practice wish to increase knowledge of depressive illness among patients and professionals. This study reports the results of a series of depression education seminars in a Health Board in Northern Ireland. Seminars lasted 2 1/2 hours and included didactic teaching and interactive case management vignettes. 88 general practitioners took part (39% of those eligible). Seminars increased knowledge as measured by questionnaire immediately, but this did not appear to be sustained at one year, when compared to a group of general practitioners with no access to such seminars. Educational programmes as described do not appear to have a sustained effect on general practitioners' knowledge of depressive illness.
authors.affiliation: Belfast City Hospital.
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Kelly
mesh_terms: D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000628:therapy; D004502:Education, Medical, Continuing; D004521:Educational Measurement; D005194:Family Practice / Q000193:education*; D006801:Humans; D009660:Northern Ireland; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires