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Table 1 Frequency and percentage for diagnoses by treatment history

Diagnosis	Psychiatric assessment N = 781
Diagnosis	Patients assessed on clinic Group 1	Psychiatric treatment history	First-contact	OR	95% CI	P-value
All diagnoses	781 [24%]	578 [74%]	203 [26%][26%]
Nonaffective psychosis	187 [23.9]	122	62	0.608	0.445 – 0.872	<.01
MMD	83 [10.6]	51	32	0.517	0.322 – 0.831	<.01
SUD	78 [9.9]	67	11	2.288	1.184 – 4.422	<.05
Anxiety-depression	178 [22.7]	120	58	0.655	0.454 – 0.943	<.05
Bipolar disorder	22 [2.8]	14	8	0.605	0.250 – 1.464	n.s.
PD	85 [10.8]	83	2	16.85	4.106 – 69.167	<0.001
No Diagnosis	151 [16.1]	121	30	1.527	0.987 – 2.362	n.s.

Frequency and percentage for diagnoses by treatment history. Odd ratios (OR) are shown indicating the relative representation of diagnoses by treatment history. A result was considered significant when the probability of a Type 1 error was less than 5% (p < .05).
n.s. = not significant.
MMD = Major Mood Disorder, SUD = Substance Use Disorder, PB = Personality Disorder.

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