Time-to-treatment of mental disorders in a community sample of Dutch adolescents. A TRAILS study.

ABSTRACT:

Aims

Timely recognition and treatment of mental disorders with an onset in childhood and adolescence is paramount, as these are characterized by greater severity and longer persistence than disorders with an onset in adulthood. Studies examining time-to-treatment, also referred to as treatment delay, duration of untreated illness or latency to treatment, and defined as the time between disorder onset and initial treatment contact, are sparse and all based on adult samples. The aim of this study was to describe time-to-treatment and its correlates for any health care professional (any care) and secondary mental health care (secondary care), for a broad range of mental disorders, in adolescents.

Methods

Data from the Dutch community-based cohort study TRacking Adolescents' Ind

SUBMITTER: Raven D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6998684 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature