Influence of established and subjectively perceived as well as evaluated individual characteristics on the utilization of mental health services among individuals with depressive disorders: protocol of a longitudinal study examining how to supplement the “behavioral model of health services use” and on need-congruent use of mental health services

Abstract Background Approximately one out of every three people in Germany who meets the diagnostic criteria for major depression has contact with mental health services. Therefore, according to treatment guidelines, two thirds of all individuals with depression are insufficiently treated. In the pa...

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Main Authors: Anna Katharina Reinhold, Julia Louise Magaard, Anna Levke Brütt
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-02-01
Series:BMC Psychiatry
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s12888-021-03065-w