Depression Depression is very commonly seen by general practitioners (GP’s) as well as by psychotherapists and psychiatrists. Unfortunately, not all general practitioners are as well trained as they should be to know how to handle depression patients. It is important that general practitioners know what symptoms to look for when diagnosing a patient as depressed and how to treat those symptoms. Everybody's mood varies according to events in the world around them. People are …showed first 75 words of 2781 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2781 total…it. With over one out of ten people in the adult population suffering from this illness, GP’s must come across the disease more often than they know. In this day of insurance stipulations and HMOs, more and more people turn to general practitioners from help with all problems, including mental illness. Because of this, I firmly believe that GP’s should have further education in how to treat the mind, not just the body.