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Drop out from out-patient mental healthcare in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey initiative
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Wells, JE and Browne, MO and Aguilar-Gaxiola, S and Al-Hamzawi, A and Alonso, J and Angermeyer, MC and Bouzan, C and Bruffaerts, R and Bunting, B and Caldas-de-Almeida, JM and de Girolamo, G and de Graaf, R and Florescu, S and Fukao, A and Gureje, O and Hinkov, HR and Hu, C and Hwang, I and Karam, EG and Kostyuchenko, S and Kovess-Masfety, V and Levinson, D and Liu, Z and Medina-Mora, ME and Nizamie, SH and Posada-Villa, J and Sampson, NA and Stein, DJ and Viana, MC and Kessler, RC, Drop out from out-patient mental healthcare in the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey initiative, British Journal of Psychiatry, 202 pp. 42-49. ISSN 0007-1250 (2013) [Refereed Article]
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Copyright 2013 The Royal College of Psychiatrists
DOI: doi:10.1192/bjp.bp.112.113134
Abstract
Background: Previous community surveys of the drop out from mental health treatment have been carried out only in the USA and Canada.
Aims: To explore mental health treatment drop out in the World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys.
Method: Representative face-to-face household surveys were conducted among adults in 24 countries. People who reported mental health treatment in the 12 months before interview (n = 8482) were asked about drop out, defined as stopping treatment before the provider wanted.
Results: Overall, drop out was 31.7%: 26.3% in high-income countries, 45.1% in upper-middle-income countries, and 37.6% in low/lower-middle-income countries. Drop out from psychiatrists was 21.3% overall and similar across country income groups (high 20.3%, upper-middle 23.6%, low/lower-middle 23.8%) but the pattern of drop out across other sectors differed by country income group. Drop out was more likely early in treatment, particularly after the second visit.
Conclusions: Drop out needs to be reduced to ensure effective treatment.
Item Details
| Item Type: | Refereed Article |
|---|---|
| Research Division: | Health Sciences |
| Research Group: | Health services and systems |
| Research Field: | Mental health services |
| Objective Division: | Health |
| Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
| Objective Field: | Mental health |
| UTAS Author: | Browne, MO (Professor Mark Oakley Browne) |
| ID Code: | 83017 |
| Year Published: | 2013 |
| Web of Science® Times Cited: | 54 |
| Deposited By: | Medicine |
| Deposited On: | 2013-02-27 |
| Last Modified: | 2017-11-06 |
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