Publications by authors named "A Mykletun"
"Without IPS I Think I Would Really Fall Apart": Individual Placement and Support as Experienced by People With Mental Illness-Phenomenological Peer Research Study.
Qual Health Res
October 2024
Having a job is an important component of recovery from mental illness and a source of economic, social, and health benefits. Most people experiencing severe mental illness (SMI) want to work but are excluded from employment opportunities. Employment specialists (ESs) working in individual placement and support (IPS) teams help persons struggling with SMI obtain competitive employment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Psychiatric comorbidity is frequent among persons with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Whether pharmacological treatment of ADHD influences the incidence of psychiatric comorbidity is uncertain.
Objective: To investigate associations and causal relations between pharmacological treatment of ADHD and incidence of subsequent comorbid psychiatric diagnoses.
Article Synopsis
- - GPs in Norway earn two-thirds of their income through a fee-for-service model, which encourages brief consultations and high service provision but may complicate decision-making as they act as gatekeepers for various treatments.
- - A study with 33 GPs revealed that while they understand the profitability of different fees and adopt strategies to increase income, the pressure of time constraints can lead them to accommodate patient requests, even if they are unreasonable.
- - Participants recognized the dual nature of fees as both incentives and compensation, noting that complexities in fee structures can create challenges in accurately interpreting and applying them in practice.
Background: General practitioners (GPs) have an important gatekeeping role in the Norwegian sickness insurance system. This role includes limiting access to paid sick leave when this is not justified according to sick leave criteria. 85% of GPs in Norway operate within a fee-for-service system that incentivises short consultations and high service provision.
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