Improving access to psychological support for patients with physical long-term conditions: qualitative study to explore patient and practitioner perspectives on the barriers and facilitators to the detection and management of distress in chronic illness | C4C

By 2020, Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services need to increase access to their services to people with long-term conditions; however, little is known about what factors help or hinder people with long-term conditions from accessing mental health services. We want to identify (using CRIS) and interview patients with long-term conditions experiencing symptoms of depression and/or anxiety who attend Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services about the factors that helped or hindered their decision to attend for treatment.