Table 1.
Participants’ mental health problems, life situation and use of services relevant to recoverya
| 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) |
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| 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