Collaboration Between GPs and Psychologists: Dissatisfaction from the Psychologists' Perspective-A Cross-Sectional Study.

Collaborative mental health practices in primary care significantly enhances patients' health. Collaboration between general practitioners (GPs) and psychologists could improve non-drug mental care. Little is known of psychologists' perception of GPs and their collaboration.

Patients' Knowledge About Analgesic-Antipyretic Medications Purchased in Community Pharmacies: A Descriptive Study.

The objective of this study was to describe the level of knowledge about paracetamol (acetaminophen), ibuprofen, and aspirin of subjects who purchased nonprescription medications containing one of these drugs. We conducted this cross-sectional descriptive study in 42 community pharmacies located in southwestern France between July and November 2013. A six-item self-administered questionnaire was used.

Parenteral anticoagulants use in general practice: a cross-sectional study in South Western France.

Using parenteral anticoagulants in compliance with their summaries of product characteristics (SPCs) and consensus guidelines is associated with decreased rates of adverse drug reactions. The objectives were to assess compliance of parenteral anticoagulants use with SPCs and 4 consensus guidelines in outpatients of general practice. A descriptive cross-sectional study was conducted among 112 teaching general practitioners' offices, from May to October 2011.

Identifying competencies required for medication prescribing for general practice residents: a nominal group technique study.

Background: Teaching of medication prescribing is a specific challenge in general practice curriculum. The aim of this study was to identify and rank the competencies required for prescribing medication for general practice residents in France.

Methods: Qualitative consensus study using the nominal group technique.

More on the "Triple Whammy": antihypertensive drugs, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory agents and acute kidney injury - a case/non-case study in the French pharmacovigilance database.

It has been suggested that the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) increases with the number of drugs associated between non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors (ACEis) [or angiotensin receptor blockers (ARBs)] and diuretics. We aimed to investigate whether the number of drugs associated between NSAIDs, ACEis, ARBs and diuretics was associated to disproportionate reporting of AKI in the French Pharmacovigilance Database. In reports of Adverse Drug Reactions (ADRs) recorded between 01 January 2008 and 31 December 2010, we selected patients whose medications included at least one oral antihypertensive drug.