The General Practitioner Psychiatric Education? Devadass

The general practitioner is in a privileged position with regards to illness in the community. He is usually the first person that people bring their symptoms to and hence he generally sees illnesses in their earliest stages. This is especially so in an urban setting with the greater concentration of practitioners and the general acceptance of doctors as primary care professionals. Greater skill is often required to recognise an illness at its inception than when it has progressed to a florid stage, but the reward lies in the far greater possibilities that are afforded for prevention.