Table 1.

Participants’ mental health problems, life situation and use of services relevant to recovery^a

P	Mental health problem (T0)	Life situation (T0 and T1)	Use of health, social or employment services (T0 and T1)
1	Chronic bodily pains	Married	First time outpatient in mental health services (T0)
	Fatigue	Part-time job	GP
			Work assessment allowance from the Labour and Welfare Administration Has requested disability pension from the Labour and Welfare Administration (T1)
2	Social anxiety	Co-habiting	Previously used child and adolescent psychiatric services and child protection services
	Periods of extensive cannabis use	Not employed	First time mental health ambulatory team
			GP
			Somatic specialist services
			Financial support from the Labour and Welfare Administration
3	Depression	Single	Previously used child and adolescent psychiatric services
	Anxiety	Completed secondary education	First time outpatient in mental health services (T0)
		Not employed	GP
4	Bipolar type II	Married	Private psychiatrist
	Periods of high alcohol intake	Full-time job	First time outpatient in mental health services (T0)
			GP
5	Depression	Married	First time outpatient in mental health services (T0)
		Full-time job	GP
6	Substance and alcohol abuse	Living with parent	Previously used mental health and addiction services
	Social anxiety	Not employed	Several previous hospitalisations in mental health services
	Depression	Working at the church charity centre (T1)	Ambulatory mental health team
			GP
			Somatic specialist services
			Financial support from the Labour and Welfare Administration
7b	Depression	Living with parents	First time ambulatory mental health team (T0)
	Anxiety	Full-time job	GP
	Previous periods of daily cannabis use	Previously unemployed
8	Psychotic episodes	Living alone	Inpatient services (T0)
		Higher education partly completed	Several past hospitalisations in mental health services
		Not employed (T0)	GP
		Part time employment (T1)	Financial support from the Labour and Welfare Administration
9b	Alcohol abuse	Living alone	Many previous hospitalisations in mental health services
	Social anxiety	Previous full-time job	Regular visits by community mental health nurse
	Depression	Not employed
10	Depression	Single	Outpatient services (T0)
	Delusions	Living with parents (T0)	One previous hospitalisation in mental health services
		Has his own apartment (T1)	GP
		Unemployed (T0)	Somatic specialist services
		Full-time job (T1)	After T0 job course and supported employment via the Labour and Welfare Administration

^aInformation provided regards both time points (T0, T1) if not otherwise specified

^bFirst interview only

T0: First interview, T1 Second interview two years later, GP General practitioner