@article{ref1,
title="Common mental disorder diagnosis and need for treatment are not the same: findings from the NEMESIS Study",
journal="Administration and policy in mental health",
year="2017",
author="Wang, Yunqiao and Henriksen, Christine A. and ten Have, Margreet and de Graaf, Ron and Stein, Murray B. and Enns, Murray W. and Sareen, Jitender",
volume="44",
number="4",
pages="572-581",
abstract="The study aimed to determine whether some depressive, anxiety, and substance-use (DAS) disorders are mild, transient cases that remit without treatment. The first two waves of the first Netherlands Mental Health Survey and Incidence Study were used (age 18-64 years at baseline; wave two N = 5618). Mental disorders were assessed using CIDI 1.1. Past-year and past-month measures of DAS disorders, health service use, and quality of life were assessed at both waves. Individuals with a past-year DAS disorder who received no prior lifetime treatment were significantly more likely than those who received treatment to: (1) remit from their index disorder(s) without subsequent treatment, (2) be free of comorbid disorders, and (3) not have attempted suicide during follow-up (remission rates: 68.5 versus 32.0 %, respectively, p < 0.001). However, these individuals had lower quality of life compared to healthy individuals. <br><br>RESULTS were similar for past-month measures. <br><br>RESULTS show that many people who meet criteria for a DAS disorder remit without treatment. However, the lowered quality of life scores in this group nonetheless underscores the negative impact on the presence of residual symptoms.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0894-587X",
doi="10.1007/s10488-016-0745-2",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10488-016-0745-2"
}