Association between depressive symptoms and cognitive-behavioural therapy receipt within a psychosis sample: a cross-sectional study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To examine whether depressive symptoms predict receipt of cognitive-behavioural therapy for psychosis (CBTp) in individuals with psychosis.

Design

Retrospective cross-sectional analysis of electronic health records (EHRs) of a clinical cohort.

Setting

A secondary National Health Service mental healthcare service serving four boroughs of south London, UK.

Participants

20 078 patients diagnosed with an International Classification of Diseases, version 10 (ICD-10) code between F20 and 29 extracted from an EHR database.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

Primary: Whether recorded depressive symptoms predicted CBTp session receipt, defined as at least one session of CBTp identified from structured EHR fields supplemented by a natural language p

SUBMITTER: Mason A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9092128 | biostudies-literature | 2022 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature