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Article History

Received: 14 February 2025

Accepted: 20 August 2025

First Online: 2 September 2025

Declarations

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: The CRCT received the necessary approvals from The Regional Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics South-East (REC, reg. no. 2014/435), The National Committee for Medical and Health Research Ethics (NEM, reg. no. 2014/160), and the Data Protection Officer at Akershus University Hospital (reg. no. 2013 − 138). Written informed consent to participate in the CRCT was obtained for patients completing a questionnaire at GP practices during a two-weeks data collection, and REC and NEM granted exemption from confidentiality to extraction of some specified structured data from the electronic patient records in GP practices for the previous 12 months. The current study did not use any patient data or any personal information on health personnel. The four mental health specialists that may be identified by someone knowing the study well, have given consent to publishing the study. Such studies without personal information on patients or others do not need ethical approval from REC and NEM according to Norwegian law. The study adhered to the Declaration of Helsinki.

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare no competing interests.