Table 2.
Use of services pre- and post-diagnosis by groups defined by receipt of specialist care
| Service | Pre-diagnosis | Post-diagnosis | Total period | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Specialist | Non-specialist | Specialist | Non-specialist | Specialist | Non-specialist | |||||||
| Service use, n (%) | Number of contacts, mean (s.d.) | Service use, n (%) | Number of contacts, mean (s.d.) | Service use, n (%) | Number of contacts, mean (s.d.) | Service use, n (%) | Number of contacts, mean (s.d.) | Service use, n (%) | Number of contacts, mean (s.d.) | Service use, n (%) | Number of contacts, mean (s.d.) | |
| In-patient services | ||||||||||||
| Bed days (non-forensic) | 699 (24.1) | 57.6 (143.4) | 1141 (22.3) | 87.1 (203.4) | 957 (34.2) | 89.9 (181.6) | 1484 (27.7) | 120.4 (302.9) | 1188 (43.5) | 106.3 (211.6) | 1811 (33.9) | 153.5 (136.8) |
| Forensic bed days | 4 (0.1) | 89.3 (59.3) | 66 (1.2) | 310.2 (51.9) | 16 (0.6) | 398.7 (334.7) | 120 (2.2) | 691.8 (649.6) | 17 (0.6) | 396.2 (335.7) | 130 (2.4) | 796.1 (675.4) |
| Community services | ||||||||||||
| Adult | 1737 (62.1) | 23.3 (39.2) | 2873 (53.7) | 17.5 (41.8) | 2121 (75.8) | 39.6 (61.3) | 3863 (72.2) | 25.2 (54.7) | 2464 (88.1) | 50.5 (70.7) | 4464 (83.5) | 33.1 (66.2) |
| Older adult | 14 (0.5) | 12.9 (17.8) | 165 (3.1) | 20.9 (27.4) | 26 (0.9) | 6.8 (12.0) | 228 (4.3) | 22.8 (33.0) | 34 (1.2) | 10.5 (20.2) | 260 (4.9) | 33.3 (43.0) |
| Child and adolescent mental health services | 331 (11.8) | 31.7 (42.2) | 536 (10.0) | 16.7 (25.6) | 221 (7.9) | 25.3 (42.5) | 469 (8.8) | 21.1 (35.0) | 410 (14.7) | 39.2 (55.8) | 744 (13.9) | 25.3 (39.8) |
| Dialectical behaviour therapy | 71 (2.5) | 10.3 (12.5) | − | − | 299 (10.7) | 30.9 (34.0) | − | − | 315 (11.3) | 31.7 (34.7) | − | − |
| Complex emotional needs | 1084 (38.7) | 11.6 (40.7) | − | − | 2288 (81.8) | 35.4 (82.6) | − | − | 2612 (93.4) | 35.8 (83.6) | − | − |
| Forensic out-patient | 52 (1.9) | 3.3 (6.6) | 176 (3.3) | 19.2 (34.1) | 147 (5.3) | 9.6 (26.5) | 414 (7.7) | 39.0 (59.0) | 181 (6.5) | 8.7 (24.6) | 476 (8.9) | 41.0 (62.0) |
| Homelessness | 9 (0.3) | 8.7 (8.7) | 66 (1.2) | 9.9 (19.2) | 12 (0.4) | 11.9 (8.9) | 73 (1.4) | 20.2 (32.7) | 16 (0.6) | 13.8 (13.7) | 107 (2.0) | 19.9 (33.2) |
| Addictions | 240 (8.4) | 19.1 (35.3) | 441 (8.2) | 25.8 (40.0) | 388 (13.9) | 20.4 (33.1) | 617 (11.5) | 27.6 (43.9) | 520 (18.6) | 24.0 (42.6) | 788 (14.7) | 36.1 (57.9) |
| Rehabilitation | 69 (2.5) | 13.0 (26.5) | 100 (1.9) | 22.9 (44.7) | 132 (4.7) | 30.6 (70.0) | 181 (3.4) | 46.6 (112.7) | 177 (6.3) | 27.9 (64.4) | 230 (4.3) | 46.6 (106.0) |