The Added Burden of Personality Disorder on Subsidized Australian Health Service Utilization Among Women With Mental State Disorder
Year: 2021
Type: article
Abstract: = 635) from the Geelong Osteoporosis Study completed mental health assessments and were categorized into groups (MSD-PD, MSD+PD, controls). General practitioner (mental and non-mental health encounters) and specialized mental health service utilization was ascertained from data linkage to the Medicare Benefits Schedule, Australia (01/09/2008-31/12/2012). Negative binomial and binary logistic regression models were employed to assess health service utilization differences between groups. Results indicated that women with MSD+PD had more encounters of non-mental health service utilization than women with MSD-PD and controls. Age significantly modified these relationships: women with MSD+PD and MSD-PD had more encounters of health service utilization at midlife and in the seventh decade of life. No significant differences were found in the frequency of general practitioner mental health service utilization or specialized mental health service utilization between groups. These data suggest that the presence of co-occurring PD is associated with increased health service utilization among women with other common mental health problems. Healthcare providers should be vigilant to the presence of PD when establishing management plans with patients presenting with common mental health problems.
Institutions: Barwon Health, Deakin University, Geelong Hospital, The University of Melbourne, Western Health, Monash University, University of Eastern Finland, University of Newcastle Australia, Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health, Orygen, Kuopio University Hospital, University of Bristol, King's College London, Murdoch Children's Research Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Clinical Psychology
Field: Psychology
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,900
Funders: University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Department of Health and Social Care, University of Bristol, Australian Rotary Health, Deakin University, Päivikki ja Sakari Sohlbergin Säätiö, Barwon Health Foundation, Medical Research Council, National Health and Medical Research Council
Awards: G2062317487, Integrated exploration of novel therapies for depression, G3073560853, G3201555464, Novel therapies for psychiatric disorders, G6130146965, Psychiatric disorders, psychotropic agents and bone health: From benchtop to bedside., G7513633962, Fracture risk prediction, G8537063878, Novel therapies, risk pathways and prevention of mood disorders, Understanding the interplay between mental disorders, treatment regimens and physical disease
OpenAlex ID: W3137338211