Fig. 2

Waiting time for patients with depressive disorders, by depression diagnosis (N = 1583)

Note: The distribution of waiting time for three categories of depression were significantly different (Kruskal-Wallis test with p-value < 0.001). The lower and upper dashed lines represent the Norwegian national guidelines’ maximum waiting time for severe depressive disorder (2 weeks) and moderate depressive disorder (8 weeks), respectively [29]