Children's psychosocial problems presenting in a family medicine practice.
Primary care physicians have an important role in identifying, treating, and referring children with psychosocial problems. However, there is a limited literature describing whether and how family physicians address psychosocial problems and why parents may not discuss children's problems with physicians. The current study examined how family physicians address psychosocial problems and reasons that parents do not discuss children's psychosocial problems with physicians. Results indicated that there are a variety of reasons involving parents, their perceptions of physicians, and the number of psychosocial problems reported, that may lead to fewer discussions of psychosocial problems.
Clinical Child Psychology Program, University of Kansas, 2010 Dole Human Development Center, 1000 Sunnyside Avenue, Lawrence, KS 66045-7555, USA. yelenawu@ku.edu
Yelena P
YP
Wu
Brynne M
BM
Messner
Michael C
MC
Roberts
D000293:Adolescent; D001294:Attitude to Health; D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D005194:Family Practice / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000523:psychology; D015146:Midwestern United States / Q000453:epidemiology; D010290:Parents / Q000523:psychology; D010372:Pediatrics / Q000379:methods; D010821:Physicians, Family; D011320:Primary Health Care / Q000379:methods*; D011368:Professional-Family Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires