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. 2016 Jun;197:182–188. doi: 10.1016/j.jad.2016.03.013

Table 2.

Mental health services referrals and psychotropic medication prescriptions during 1 year follow-up.

Total
Referred
Prescribed
N n % n %
Overall 41,500 6,318 15.2 26,065 62.8
Male 17,183 2,467 14.4 10,405 60.6
Age
15–24 5,925 813 13.7 2,397 40.5
25–34 3,898 586 15.0 2,485 63.8
35–44 3,702 557 15.1 2,698 72.9
45–54 2,374 337 14.2 1,818 76.6
55–64 1,284 174 13.6 1,007 78.4
IMD quintile
1 2,182 383 17.6 1,318 60.4
2 2,743 439 16.0 1,647 60.0
3 3,185 488 15.3 1,969 61.8
4 4,146 548 13.2 2,530 61.0
5 4,927 609 12.4 2,941 59.7
Female 24,317 3,851 15.8 15,660 64.4
Age
15–24 10,368 1,557 15.0 4,364 42.1
25–34 4,348 780 17.9 3,293 75.7
35–44 4,957 841 17.0 4,069 82.1
45–54 3,255 497 15.3 2,754 84.6
55–64 1,389 176 12.7 1,180 85.0
IMD quintile
1 3,444 632 18.4 2,207 64.1
2 4,255 776 18.2 2,771 65.1
3 4,610 752 16.3 2,939 63.8
4 5,718 824 14.4 3,698 64.7
5 6,290 867 13.8 4,045 64.3

Patients that did not complete one year of follow-up were excluded

IMD quintile 1 denotes least deprived and quintile 5 most deprived