Relationships between serious psychological distress and the use of health services in the United States: findings from the Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System

William Pearson (), Satvinder Dhingra, Tara Strine, Yia Liang, Joyce Berry and Ali Mokdad

International Journal of Public Health, 2009, vol. 54, issue 1, 23-29

Abstract: These results present a situation which could potentially lead to increased use of emergency departments for possible non-emergent services. Less than half of adults with SPD were receiving mental health treatment and most, regardless of their SPD score, were receiving routine health checkups; presenting an opportunity to identify and treat many mental health issues in the primary care setting. Copyright Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2009

Keywords: Serious psychological distress; Access to care; Utilization of services; Mental health; Health services; Depression (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1007/s00038-009-0003-4

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