Background Health services utilization for mental health disorders is reported to increase
sharply in many countries. The aim of this study was to report trends in all aspects of mental�…

Purpose Mental health and substance use disorders are notable contributors to the global
total burden of disease. On a population level, co-occurring mental health and substance�…

Background The overall aim of this study is to present descriptive data regarding the treated
prevalence of nine common psychiatric and substance use disorders in the first Primary�…

Objective: Comprehensive information about access and patterns of use of mental health
services in Europe is lacking. We present the first results of the use of health services for�…

Background: Increased demands for psychiatric services and increased rates of sickness
absence for depression have raised the question of the occurrence of psychiatric disorders�…

Background Psychiatric service use has increased in Sweden and in other developed
countries, particularly among young people. Possible explanations include lower threshold�…

This paper provides up‐to‐date data on service use for mental health problems and
disorders among adults aged 18‐79 years in Germany derived from the Mental Health�…

Objectives To investigate whether mental health services utilization in Switzerland is
equitably distributed (ie, predicted only by the need of a person). Methods Data on 17,789�…

Objective To present prevalences of lifetime and 12-month DSM-IV mood, anxiety,
substance use and impulse-control disorders from the second Netherlands Mental Health�…

Objective Information on mental disorders over time is critical for documenting changes in
population burden, and aiding understanding of potential causal and non‐causal factors�…