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Table 1 Interview guide

From: Lost in translation? A qualitative study of representations and management of chronic depression in general practice

To begin this focus group, we suggest that you take a couple of minutes to think about a situation of chronic depression in your practice that you would like to describe, and write it down.

1. Referring to the clinical situation you have just written, what do you think characterizes chronic depression in general practice?

2. How do you deal with a chronically depressed patient?

a. What type of support do you offer?

b. Why would you offer this type of support?

c. What difficulties do you encounter?

d. How do you feel about these patients?

3. In the case of chronic depression, how do you see the role of the psychiatrist?

a. Thinking about clinical situations that you know, can you tell us why and how you decide whether or not to call on a psychiatrist?

b. How would your action be different and/or complementary to that of the psychiatrist in these situations?

c. What should/could be done to make the collaboration between family physicians and psychiatrists go better?

4. Has your representation of depression changed over the years?