Preferred treatment choice | |||||
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Profession | Watchful waiting | Psychotherapeutic management | Psychotherapy | Psychopharmacotherapy | Combined therapy |
Values represent percentages with numbers in parentheses. | |||||
Overall χ2=348; df=12. | |||||
*Significantly different from mean frequency for all professions together (p<0.01). | |||||
General practitioners | 13 (157) | 24 (298) | 11 (136)* | 34 (417) | 19 (238) |
Psychiatrists | 9 (138)* | 17 (254)* | 8 (123)* | 49 (739)* | 17 (252) |
Psychotherapists | 14 (235)* | 25 (421) | 19 (328)* | 27 (452)* | 15 (251) |
Clinical psychologists | 10 (123) | 28 (358)* | 21 (272)* | 24 (314)* | 17 (223) |
All professions | 11 (653) | 23 (1331) | 15 (859) | 34 (1922) | 17 (964) |