Browsing by Author "Talvitie, Emma"

Objectives: The unmet need in treatment utilization is a major public issue and therefore it is important to study factors associated with it. This study examines how intelligence, more specifically verbal intelligence, and transdiagnostic psychopathology are associated with treatment utilization and does socioeconomic status mediate these associations. Methods: The current study utilizes a vast cross-sectional data The Adult Psychiatric Morbidity Survey 2007 (APMS 2007). The study sample included 4,707 participants (56% women). The structure of psychopathology was first examined with series of confirmatory factor analysis (CFA). The associations of verbal IQ, psychopathology and socioeconomic status to treatment utilization were examined with series of structural equation models (SEM). Multiple imputation procedures were conducted to correct for any possible bias resulting from missing values and the abovementioned analyses were rerun with the imputed data (n=7,403). Results and Conclusions: The results showed comorbidity of mental disorders can be modelled with two latent transdiagnostic factors, namely internalization and externalization. Psychopathology, especially internalization, seems to be the best predictor of treatment utilization. This notion emphasizes the utility of transdiagnostic approach in examining those who seek treatment and further their utility in the context of mental health care.