Table 5

Characteristics of active and inactive cases on the SLaM BRC Case Register: primary diagnoses ever recorded (census date: 31 December 2014)*

Number (%)
Assigned primary diagnosis (ICD-10 code and description)Active patientsInactive patients†
F0–F09—organic, including symptomatic, mental disorders3517 (11.0)19 535 (10.2)
F10–F19—mental and behavioural disorders due to psychoactive substance use3742 (11.7)19 204 (10.0)
F20–F29—schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional disorders6778 (21.2)10 069 (5.3)
F30–F39—mood (affective) disorders6076 (19.0)31 119 (16.3)
F40–F48—neurotic, stress-related and somatoform disorders4155 (13.0)22 800 (11.9)
F50–F59—behavioural syndromes associated with physiological disturbances and physical factors1025 (3.2)5800 (3.0)
F60–F69—disorders of adult personality and behaviour1518 (4.7)4078 (2.1)
F70–F79—mental retardation807 (2.5)2050 (1.1)
F80–F89—disorders of psychological development1483 (4.6)4405 (2.3)
F90–F98—behavioural and emotional disorders with onset usually occurring in childhood and adolescence3607 (11.3)10 343 (5.4)
Unspecified mental disorder7016 (22.0)28 122 (14.7)
No axis 1 diagnosis526 (1.6)6399 (3.3)
G—diseases of the nervous system173 (0.5)543 (0.3)
Other illness codes (A–E, H–Q)669 (2.1)7292 (3.8)
Symptoms, signs and abnormal clinical and laboratory findings, not elsewhere classified101 (0.3)1164 (0.6)
S–Y—injury, poisoning and external causes398 (1.2)1416 (0.7)
Z—factors influencing health status and contact with health services6384 (20.0)42 552 (22.2)
Number of patients with a primary diagnosis recorded (% of all patients)29 820 (93.3)157 027 (82.1)
  • *Some patients may have had more than one primary diagnosis recorded.

  • †Inactive: those not currently receiving treatment and who have been discharged from all services.

  • ICD, International Classification of Diseases; SLaM BRC, South London and Maudsley National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust Biomedical Research Centre.