Socio-demographic differences in access to psychological treatment services: evidence from a national cohort study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Since 2008, the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) programme has offered adults in England evidence-based psychological treatments for common mental disorders (CMDs) such as depression and anxiety disorders. However, inequalities in access have not been explored at the national level.

Methods

Using a unique individual patient dataset that linked 2011 Census information of English residents to national IAPT data collected between April 2017 and March 2018, we estimated the rate of access by a wide range of socio-demographic characteristics that are not routinely available. A large household survey was used to estimate the prevalence of probable CMDs by these socio-demographic characteristics. We estimated the probability of access to IAPT amongst pe

SUBMITTER: Sharland E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10721408 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature