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About half patients were referred by general practitioners or self\u2010referred, often as initial contact with any adult mental health services, complaining with multiple symptoms (88%), mainly including anxiety, affective disturbances and insomnia. Most of them received a single diagnosis (68%), one out of three being diagnosed with a neurodevelopmental disorder. Patients presenting with anxiety (63% vs. 32%; OR\u2009=\u20093.55, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01) and affective symptoms (56% vs .23%; OR\u2009=\u20094.26, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009=\u20090.01) and receiving multiple diagnoses (30% vs. 9%; <jats:italic>\u03c7<\/jats:italic>\n<jats:sup>2<\/jats:sup>(2)\u2009=\u200919.7, <jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic>\u2009&lt;\u20090.01) were more likely to be prescribed with psychopharmacological medication at the first visit. 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