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Table 6 Referral rate and treatments by prior carers

From: Pathway to psychiatric care in Japan: A multicenter observational study

    

Psychiatric diagnosis

Treatment

 

Number of patients

Patients who visited MHPs as the next step

Patients referred to MHPs by prior carers

Informed to patients

Accurate diagnosis given

Benzodiazepines

Anti-depressants

Anti-psychotics

General Hospital Doctors

   

19

F3 3/11 F4 0/9

2

4

0

Private Practitioners

21

13 *

6 *

12

F3 0/4 F4 1/5

5

0

0

Total

58

45

32

31

F3 3/15 F4 1/14

7

4

0

  1. F3: Mood disorders, F4: Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders
  2. MHPs: Mental Health Professionals
  3. * P < 0.05 : Fisher's extract test