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Table 3 Main categories, and sub-categories

From: Psychologists’ involvement in and experiences of treating patients with stress-related exhaustion in primary care

Main Category

Psychologist´s assessment and treatment of patients with ED

Main Category

Organizational prerequisites

Sub-categories

Sub-categories

Deepening the medical diagnosis

Management of patients with ED depends on available professional resources

Addressing common symptoms

Lacking collaboration and communication

Encountering unique needs in treatment

A wish for a mutual plan

Right timing is difficult

The patient becomes the coordinator of their own care