Outcome of Depression and Anxiety in Primary Care

Background:

We evaluated the long-term outcome of depression and anxiety and associated disability among primary-care attenders with common psychiatric disorders and symptoms (n=201) using binary and multicategorical, interview-based outcome measures of psychiatric illness and disability.

Methods:

A two-stage design was used. In the first stage, 1994 consecutive attenders of 25 general practitioners were screened on psychiatric...