The Goldberg-Huxley model of the pathway to psychiatric care: 21st-century systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The classification of mental disorders used to be based only on people seen by hospital psychiatrists. In fact, most people with a mental disorder were, and are, not seen by psychiatrists because of decisions made prior to psychiatric consultation. The first description of this 'pathway' to care and its levels and filters was published by Goldberg and Huxley in 1980.

Aims

To conduct a review of papers relevant to the application of the Goldberg-Huxley model in the 21st century.

Method

Systematic review (PROSPERO registration CRD42021270603) of the pathway to psychiatric care in the 21st century. The review concentrates on community surveys and passage through the first filter (consultation in primary care or its equivalent). Ten databases were searched for

SUBMITTER: Huxley P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10304946 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature