PMID- 23280464
OWN - NLM
STAT- MEDLINE
DCOM- 20130613
LR  - 20191210
IS  - 1557-9700 (Electronic)
IS  - 1075-2730 (Linking)
VI  - 64
IP  - 1
DP  - 2013 Jan
TI  - Mental health treatment provided by primary care psychologists in The 
      Netherlands.
PG  - 94-7
LID - 10.1176/appi.ps.201100541 [doi]
AB  - 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 psychopathology of a low or moderate severity were treated successfully by 
      primary care psychologists.
FAU - Verhaak, Peter F M
AU  - Verhaak PF
AD  - Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN, 
      Utrecht, Netherlands. p.verhaak@nivel.nl
FAU - Kamsma, Hans
AU  - Kamsma H
FAU - van der Niet, Anneke
AU  - van der Niet A
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
PL  - United States
TA  - Psychiatr Serv
JT  - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
JID - 9502838
SB  - IM
MH  - Adolescent
MH  - Adult
MH  - Confidence Intervals
MH  - Female
MH  - Humans
MH  - Male
MH  - Mental Disorders/*therapy
MH  - Middle Aged
MH  - Netherlands
MH  - Odds Ratio
MH  - *Outcome Assessment, Health Care/statistics & numerical data
MH  - *Primary Health Care
MH  - *Psychology, Clinical
MH  - Young Adult
EDAT- 2013/01/03 06:00
MHDA- 2013/06/14 06:00
CRDT- 2013/01/03 06:00
PHST- 2013/01/03 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2013/01/03 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2013/06/14 06:00 [medline]
AID - 1487316 [pii]
AID - 10.1176/appi.ps.201100541 [doi]
PST - ppublish
SO  - Psychiatr Serv. 2013 Jan;64(1):94-7. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100541.