caa a22 4500 386352208 CHVBK 20180307111837.0 cr unu---uuuuu 161130e198908 xx s 000 0 eng 10.1017/S0033291700024363 doi S0033291700024363 pii (NATIONALLICENCE)cambridge-10.1017/S0033291700024363 The spectrum of psychiatric morbidity in a defined geographical area [Elektronische Daten] The concept of ‘the pathway to psychiatric care' as described by Goldberg & Huxley (1980) using a scheme of five ‘levels' and four ‘filters', has provided a useful framework in investigating referral processes in places where health services are organized in a way similar to the British National Health Service. Previous estimates of psychiatric morbidity at each of the levels of this model have been calculated, based upon data obtained from diverse geographical areas and over different time frames. The value of these estimates for service planning is therefore limited by the heterogeneity of the data sources. This paper provides data related to all five levels based upon the same geographical area (South-Verona, Italy) and within the same time frame (one week in 1987). The importance of studying the full spectrum of psychiatric morbidity at all levels in the same area is discussed. In particular, it is shown that the assessment of morbidity in the primary medical care setting (levels 2 and 3) and data about filters 2 and 3 can provide useful information for the evaluation of specialist services (levels 4 and 5) as well as for understanding changes in the provision of specialist care. Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1989 Tansella Michele Cattedra e Servizio di Psicologia Medica, Istituto di Psichiatria, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy and the Institute of Psychiatry, London Williams Paul Cattedra e Servizio di Psicologia Medica, Istituto di Psichiatria, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy and the Institute of Psychiatry, London Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 19/3(1989-08), 765-770 0033-2917 19:3<765 1989 19 PSM https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700024363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291700024363 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Tansella Michele Cattedra e Servizio di Psicologia Medica, Istituto di Psichiatria, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy and the Institute of Psychiatry, London NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Williams Paul Cattedra e Servizio di Psicologia Medica, Istituto di Psichiatria, Universita di Verona, Verona, Italy and the Institute of Psychiatry, London NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Psychological Medicine Cambridge University Press 19/3(1989-08), 765-770 0033-2917 19:3<765 1989 19 PSM CC0 http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0 nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-cambridge