title: Mental health treatment provided by primary care psychologists in The Netherlands.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The study examined outcomes of clients treated by primary care psychologists in 2010 in the Netherlands.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data for 55,067 clients treated by 613 primary care psychologists were analyzed for three outcomes: regular conclusion of treatment, improvement of >10 points on the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF), and treatment conclusion in eight or fewer sessions. Logistic regression analyses examined relationships between client characteristics and outcome.
  
  
  RESULTS
  For 73% of clients, treatment reached a regular conclusion, and for 71% of these clients treatment was concluded in eight or fewer sessions. An improvement of >10 GAF points was achieved by 47%. Women, clients with more years of education, those born in the Netherlands, and those with adjustment problems or child problems were more likely to have a regular treatment conclusion and an improvement of >10 GAF points.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Clients with psychopathology of a low or moderate severity were treated successfully by primary care psychologists.
authors.affiliation: Netherlands Institute for Health Services Research, P.O. Box 1568, 3500 BN, Utrecht, Netherlands. p.verhaak@nivel.nl
authors.forename: Peter F M
authors.initials: PF
authors.lastname: Verhaak
authors.forename: Hans
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kamsma
authors.forename: Anneke
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: van der Niet
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D016001:Confidence Intervals; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy*; D008875:Middle Aged; D009426:Netherlands; D016017:Odds Ratio; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D011320:Primary Health Care; D011586:Psychology, Clinical; D055815:Young Adult