Use of medication and psychological counselling among Canadians with mood and/or anxiety disorders

Abstract

Introduction: This study describes the use of prescription medications and psychological counselling in the past 12 months among Canadian adults with a self-reported mood and/or anxiety disorder diagnosis; the sociodemographic and clinical characteristics associated with their use; and reasons for not using them.

Canadian contributions to cognitive behavioral therapy for depression.

“…Despite the consistent evidence of the efficacy of evidence-based psychological therapies, and the extensive work by Canadian psychologists to document the outcomes and mechanisms of CBT for depression, there remains a significant gap in access to these treatments in Canada. Amongst those Canadians who had a mood or anxiety disorder, most (75%) reported that they take medication, whereas fewer (34%) reported having received “counseling” (which may or may not have been a formal psychotherapy; O’Donnell et al, 2017). Limited evidence exists for differences in efficacy across first-line pharmacological and psychological treatments for MDD however, and there has been an increased call to improve access to psychotherapy such as CBT across Canada (Milne et al, 2017).…”

Impact of anxiety and depression disorders on sustained return to work after work-related musculoskeletal strain or sprain: a gender stratified cohort study

“…Building on this issue, differential misclassification of workers with depression or anxiety by gender could have contributed to the findings for gender modification. Men are less likely to receive anxiety or depression treatment from a general practitioner than women but equally as likely to receive treatment from a specialist (47)(48)(49)(50). It is unknown if this phenomenon is due to (i) lower incidence of mild anxiety and depression in men compared to women, (ii) under treatment of mild anxiety and depression in men, (iii) a higher likelihood of referral to a mental health specialist for men, (iv) delayed treatment among men resulting in more severe cases by the time of diagnosis, or (v) a combination of these making it difficult to ascertain how this might impact the current study.…”

CBT and medication in depression (Review)

“…O'Donnell Efficient Efficient Statistical analysis indicated that both ADM and CBT are efficient. et al (11) The study analyses also the treatment by ADM and CBT which has as a result increasing of efficiency Dunlop Efficient Efficient When remission is the goal, the neuroimaging and statistical analysis et al (12) indicated that CBT should be used. In situations where avoiding treatment failure is the goal, the analysis indicates that CBT should not be the initial treatment.…”