In this paper we use data from the National Survey of Psychiatric Morbidity to examine how many @entity1 with @entity6004 receive professional evaluation, and how this is affected by clinical and sociodemographic differences. We hypothesized that @entity146 would both have an effect on contacting, and that key demographic variables would not. The household component of the British National Surveys of Psychiatric Morbidity was based on a random sample of >10,000 subjects. Lay interviewers using the CIS-R established @entity146 symptoms and @entity1479 -10 diagnosis. @entity409 was tapped by asking about difficulties in performing seven types of everyday activity. We examined symptom score, ADL deficit score, and demographic variables in relation to contact with primary care physicians for @entity146 symptoms. The major determinant of contacting a primary care physician was severity, mainly due to the level of @entity146 symptoms, but with an independent contribution from social dysfunction. There were also significant contributions from sex, marital status, age, employment status, and whether the subject had a physical condition as well. The major influence on whether @entity1 seek the help of their family doctors for mental health problems is the severity of disorder. Although there are some social inequalities in access to family doctors, these are less important. The most salient finding from our study is that even @entity1 suffering from high levels of @entity146 symptoms very often do not have contact with professionals who might help them.

Unequal access and unmet need: XXXX and the use of primary care services.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['people'] @entity1479 :: ('OMIM:252500', 'Disease') :: ['ICD'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['psychiatric', 'psychiatric symptoms and attendant dysfunctions'] @entity409 :: ('MESH:D008107', 'Disease') :: ['Social dysfunction'] @entity6004 :: ('MESH:D009497', 'Disease') :: ['neurotic disorders']
@entity6004 :: (MESH:D009497,Disease) :: ['neurotic disorders']
