Patient factors associated with receipt of psychological and pharmacological treatments among individuals with common mental disorders in a Swedish primary care setting.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Psychological and pharmacological therapies are the recommended first-line treatments for common mental disorders (CMDs) but may not be universally accessible or utilised.

Aims

To determine the extent to which primary care patients with CMDs receive treatment and the impact of sociodemographic, work-related and clinical factors on treatment receipt.

Method

National registers were used to identify all Stockholm County residents aged 19-64 years who had received at least one CMD diagnosis (depression, anxiety, stress-related) in primary care between 2014 and 2018. Individuals were followed from the date of their first observed CMD diagnosis until the end of 2019 to determine treatment receipt. Associations between patient factors and treatment group were exam

SUBMITTER: Cullen AE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10044006 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature