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Little has been reported about the long-term course of these conditions and the long-term use of medical services.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Aim<\/jats:title><jats:p>To follow up patients with depression, anxiety, and emotional distress in general practice for 5 years and examine the length and number of index episodes, prescribing behaviour, and the use of services in general practice.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design and setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>A case\u2013control study using data from electronic medical records.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Method<\/jats:title><jats:p>Three cohorts of patients with depression (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 453), anxiety (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 442), and emotional distress (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 185) were compared against a cohort of control patients (<jats:italic>n<\/jats:italic>= 4156) during a 5-year follow-up from 2007 to 2011. The occurrence or recurrence of the index disorders, other psychological disorders or medical conditions, the numbers of prescriptions, and the number of contacts with the general practice were all examined.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>Patients in the depression group had 1.1 followup episodes of depression, those in the anxiety group had 0.9 follow-up episodes of anxiety, and those in the emotional distress group had 0.5 follow-up episodes of emotional distress during the 5 years. All three groups had more consultations (for both psychological and somatic reasons) during each of the follow-up years than control patients. 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