Mental health treatment provided by primary care psychologists in the Netherlands
Objective: The study examined outcomes of clients treated by primary care psychologists in 2010 in the Netherlands. Methods: Data for 55,067 clients treated by 613 primary care psychologists were analyzed for three outcomes: regular conclusion of treatment, improvement of >10 points on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and treatment conclusion in eight or fewer sessions. Logistic regression analyses examined relationships between client characteristics and outcome. Results: For 73% of clients, treatment reached a regular conclusion, and for 71% of these clients treatment was concl... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2013 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Verhaak , P F M , Kamsma , H & van der Niet , A 2013 , ' Mental health treatment provided by primary care psychologists in the Netherlands ' , Psychiatric Services , vol. 64 , no. 1 , pp. 94-97 . |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-29608932 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://hdl.handle.net/11370/b33a0322-1325-4b4b-aed9-ee6c0f485709 |
Objective: The study examined outcomes of clients treated by primary care psychologists in 2010 in the Netherlands. Methods: Data for 55,067 clients treated by 613 primary care psychologists were analyzed for three outcomes: regular conclusion of treatment, improvement of >10 points on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and treatment conclusion in eight or fewer sessions. Logistic regression analyses examined relationships between client characteristics and outcome. Results: For 73% of clients, treatment reached a regular conclusion, and for 71% of these clients treatment was concluded in eight or fewer sessions. An improvement of >10 GAF points was achieved by 47%. Women, clients with more years of education, those born in the Netherlands, and those with adjustment problems or child problems were more likely to have a regular treatment conclusion and an improvement of >10 GAF points. Conclusions: Clients with psycho-pathology of a low or moderate severity were treated successfully by primary care psychologists. (Psychiatric Services 64:94-97, 2013; doi:10.1176/appi.ps.201100541)