Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 6 , Pages 521-533 , June 2010

Effect of psychiatric consultation models in primary care. A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized clinical trials

  • Christina M. van der Feltz-Cornelis

      Affiliations

    • Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Mental Disorders, Trimbos-Instituut/Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, Utrecht, The Netherlands
    • Department of Psychiatry and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, VUmc/GGZingeest, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Diagnosis and Treatment of Common Mental Disorders, Trimbos-Instituut/Netherlands Institute of Mental Health and Addiction, PO Box 725, 3500 AS Utrecht, The Netherlands. Tel.: +31 30 2971126; fax: +31 30 2971111.
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  • Titus W.D.P. Van Os

      Affiliations

    • Mental Health Care Friesland, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
    • Department of Psychiatry and Graduate School of Behavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
  • ,
  • Harm W.J. Van Marwijk

      Affiliations

    • Department of General Practice and the EMGO Institute for Health and Care Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
  • ,
  • Albert F.G. Leentjens

      Affiliations

    • Department of Psychiatry, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands

Received 5 July 2009 ,Revised 27 October 2009 ,Accepted 27 October 2009.

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 All authors declare that there are no competing interests.

☆☆ Ethics approval was not required for this article.

 This study was not funded.

PII: S0022-3999(09)00459-0

doi: 10.1016/j.jpsychores.2009.10.012

Journal of Psychosomatic Research
Volume 68, Issue 6 , Pages 521-533 , June 2010