Laura Di Bona, a RAT group researcher, and others from the
University of Sheffield have just had a paper published in the Journal
of Affective Disorders, entitled:
Predictors of patient non-attendance at Improving Access to Psychological Therapy (IAPT) services demonstration sites.
They found that the
clinical characteristics of
risk to self, severity of emotional distress, and illness duration, along with site,
were more predictive of IAPT non-attendance than socio-demographic
characteristics.
They
suggest that clinicians should, therefore, monitor IAPT uptake in those
they refer and implement strategies to increase their engagement with
services, particularly when referring people presenting with suicidal
ideation or more chronic illness.
The full article can be downloaded here.
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