Urban vs. rural differences in psychiatric diagnoses, symptom severity, and functioning in a psychiatric sample.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Identifying whether certain groups of people experience elevated rates or severities of psychiatric symptoms provides information to guide healthcare allocation. People living in urban areas have higher rates of some psychiatric disorders relative to people living in rural settings, however, it is unclear if psychiatric severity is more elevated in urban vs. rural settings. This study investigates the urban vs. rural differences in rates of psychiatric disorders and severity of psychiatric symptoms.

Method

A cohort of patients (63% women, 85% White) presenting to an outpatient psychiatric treatment center in the U.S. completed patient-reported outcomes at all clinic visits as part of standard care. Rurality was determined by municipality population density. Sociode

SUBMITTER: Forrest LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10553337 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature