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Table 2 Classification of the services used for analysis for 12 month treatment.

From: Health services utilization by school going Omani adolescents and youths with DSM IV mental disorders and barriers to service use

Service

Includes

Other mental healthcare

Counselors/Social worker in mental health setting/Psychologists/other mental health professionals

Any mental healthcare

Other mental healthcare + Psychiatrist

Any Healthcare

Any mental healthcare + General Medical(family doctor or other medical doctor)

Human services

Spiritual advisor

Complementary Alternative Medicine (CAM)

Healer/Chiropractor etc

Any Non Healthcare

Human services + CAM

Any Treatment*

Combines Any Healthcare and Any Non-Healthcare*

  1. *Any Treatment is NOT addition of any healthcare and any non-healthcare. It means that did the respondent see any professional from these categories in his/her lifetime and/or past 12 months and/or how many visits were made over past 12 months.
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International Journal of Mental Health Systems

ISSN: 1752-4458