Patterns of care and dropout rates from outpatient mental healthcare in low-, middle- and high-income countries from the World Health Organization's World Mental Health Survey Initiative

Fernandez, D; Vigo, D; Sampson, NA; Hwang, I; Aguilar-Gaxiola, S; Al-Hamzawi, AO; Alonso, J; Andrade, LH; Bromet, EJ; de Girolamo, G; de Jonge, P; Florescu, S; Gureje, O; Hinkov, H; Hu, CY; Karam, EG; Karam, G; Kawakami, N; Kiejna, A; Kovess-Masfety, V; Medina-Mora, ME; Navarro-Mateu, F; Ojagbemi, A; O'Neill, S; Piazza, M; Posada-Villa, J; Rapsey, C; Williams, DR; Xavier, M; Ziv, Y; Kessler, RC; Haro, JM

Kessler, RC (corresponding author), Harvard Med Sch, Dept Hlth Care Policy, Boston, MA 02115 USA.

PSYCHOLOGICAL MEDICINE, 2021; 51 (12): 2104

Abstract

Background There is a substantial proportion of patients who drop out of treatment before they receive minimally adequate care. They tend to have wors......

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