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Volume 59, Number 566, September 2009

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Original Paper - Full-length version

Free Content Comparison of two self-rating scales to detect depression: HADS and PHQ-9
pp. e283-e288(6)
Authors: Hansson, Maja; Chotai, Jayanti; Nordstöm, Annika; Bodlund, Owe

Free Content Decisions about referrals for psychological therapies: a matched-patient qualitative study
pp. e289-e298(10)
Authors: Stavrou, Stavros; Cape, John; Barker, Chris

Free Content Commentary: GPs' views on their handling of depression
pp. e297-e297(1)
Author: Kessler, David

Free Content `A coal face option': GPs' perspectives on the rise in antidepressant prescribing
pp. e299-e307(9)
Authors: Macdonald, Sara; Morrison, Jill; Maxwell, Margaret; Munoz-Arroyo, Rosalia; Power, Andrew; Smith, Michael; Sutton, Matt; Wilson, Philip

Free Content GPs' role in the detection of psychological problems of young people: a population-based study
pp. e308-e314(7)
Authors: Mauerhofer, Aurélie; Berchtold, André; Michaud, Pierre-André; Suris, Joan-Carles

September Focus

Free Content September Focus
pp. 634-634(1)
Author: Jewell, David

Editorials

Free Content Reasons to be cheerful? Reflections on GPs' responses to depression
pp. 636-637(2)
Author: Dowrick, Christopher

Free Content Knowing patients' preferences for place of death: how possible or desirable?
pp. 642-643(2)
Authors: Barclay, Stephen; Case-Upton, Steve

Original Papers

Free Content Appropriateness of antidepressant prescribing: an observational study in a Scottish primary-care setting
pp. 644-649(6)
Authors: Cameron, Isobel M; Lawton, Kenneth; Reid, Ian C

Free Content GPs' awareness of patients' preference for place of death
pp. 665-670(6)
Authors: Meeussen, Koen; Van den Block, Lieve; Bossuyt, Nathalie; Bilsen, Johan; Echteld, Michael; Van Casteren, Viviane; Deliens, Luc

Free Content Associations between home death and GP involvement in palliative cancer care
pp. 671-677(7)
Authors: Neergaard, Mette A; Vedsted, Peter; Olesen, Frede; Sokolowski, Ineta; Jensen, Anders B; Søndergaard, Jens

Free Content Impact of headache on young people in a school population
pp. 678-681(4)
Authors: Kernick, David; Reinhold, Deborah; Campbell, John L

Review

Free Content Factors influencing European GPs' engagement in smoking cessation: a multi-country literature review
pp. 682-690(9)
Authors: Stead, Martine; Angus, Kathryn; Holme, Ingrid; Cohen, David; Tait, Gayle; the PESCE European Research Team,

Letters

Free Content Practice-based research
pp. 691-691(1)
Authors: Seamark, David; Seamark, Clare

Free Content Author's response
pp. 691-692(2)
Author: Murdoch, J Campbell

Free Content Authors' response
pp. 692-693(2)
Authors: Howe, Amanda; Mathers, Nigel; Field, Steve

Free Content Future of general practice
pp. 693-693(1)
Author: Law, Julian

Free Content Politics and primary care
pp. 693-694(2)
Author: Ford, Steven

Free Content Vertical versus horizontal integration
pp. 694-694(1)
Author: Treasure, Wilfrid

Free Content Sickness certification
pp. 694-694(1)
Author: Gabbay, Mark

Free Content Correction
pp. 694-694(1)

The Back Pages

Free Content Bureaucracy in general practice: time to halt a proliferating malaise
pp. 696-698(3)
Authors: Lakasing, Edin; Francis, Heather

Free Content Family medicine in Japan
pp. 699-701(3)
Author: Hutt, Patrick

Free Content The levels of medical effectiveness
pp. 702-703(2)
Author: Davies, Peter

Free Content Epidemics of epidemics
pp. 705-705(1)
Author: Fitzpatrick, Mike

Free Content What next?
pp. 706-706(1)
Author: Lester, Helen

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