Pathway to psychiatric care in Japan: A multicenter observational study

Table 5 Main presented problems, first carer, delay and number of carers before patients reach mental health professionals

	First carer				Median delay (weeks)			Mean Number of Carers prior to Mental Health Professionals (S.D.)
	Mental Health Professionals	General Hospital Doctors	Private Practitioners	others	Onset to First Carer	First Carer to Mental Health Professionals	Onset to Mental Health Professionals
Somatic (n = 19)	5^a *	8	3	3	3.0	1.0^b *	9.0	1.2^c * (1.0)
Depressive (n = 19)	10^a *	7	1	1	4.0	0	8.0	0.3 (0.5)
Anxiety (n = 12)	9^a *	3	0	0	2.5	0^b *	20.0	0.6^c * (0.8)
Total (n = 84)	33	27	13	11	2.0	0	8.0	0.8 (0.9)

a* : p < 0.05: Fisher's extract test, b* : p < 0.05: Median test, c* : p < 0.05: Mann-Whitney's U test

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