Meredith G Harris, Alan E Kazdin, Richard J Munthali, Daniel V Vigo, Dan J Stein, Maria Carmen Viana, Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Ali Al-Hamzawi, Jordi Alonso, Laura Helena Andrade, Brendan Bunting, Stephanie Chardoul, Oye Gureje, Chiyi Hu, Irving Hwang, Elie G Karam, Fernando Navarro-Mateu, Daisuke Nishi, Ricardo Orozco, Nancy A Sampson, Kate M Scott, Cristian Vladescu, Bogdan Wojtyniak, Miguel Xavier, Zahari Zarkov, Ronald C Kessler
BACKGROUND: Mental health service providers are increasingly interested in patient perspectives. We examined rates and predictors of patient-reported satisfaction and perceived helpfulness in a cross-national general population survey of adults with 12-month DSM-IV disorders who saw a provider for help with their mental health. METHODS: Data were obtained from epidemiological surveys in the World Mental Health Survey Initiative. Respondents were asked about satisfaction with treatments received from up to 11 different types of providers (very satisfied, satisfied, neither satisfied nor dissatisfied, somewhat dissatisfied, very dissatisfied) and helpfulness of the provider (a lot, some, a little, not at all)...
March 1, 2024: International Journal of Mental Health Systems