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Table 1 Types of providers seen among respondents who reported 12-month use of providers for mental health and have at least one disorder

From: Factors associated with satisfaction and perceived helpfulness of mental healthcare: a World Mental Health Surveys report

 

A: Proportion of patientsa

 

B: Proportion of

patient-provider observationsb

 

C: Proportion of people who saw at least one other providerc

 

D: Mean number of the other providers seen

%

(SE)

 

%

(SE)

 

%

(SE)

 

Mean

(SD)

I. General medical

           

 Doctor

59.3

(0.9)

 

37.4

(0.7)

 

44.1

(1.4)

 

2.7

(1.1)

 Other health professional

3.9

(0.4)

 

2.5

(0.2)

 

83.5

(2.0)

 

3.8

(1.8)

II. Specialty mental health

           

 Psychiatrist

29.1

(0.9)

 

18.4

(0.5)

 

64.0

(1.6)

 

2.9

(1.2)

 Psychologist

20.2

(0.9)

 

12.7

(0.6)

 

68.3

(1.9)

 

2.9

(1.3)

 Counsellor in a mental health specialized setting

12.6

(0.7)

 

7.9

(0.4)

 

72.4

(1.8)

 

3.1

(1.4)

 Social worker in a mental health specialized setting

5.5

(0.4)

 

3.3

(0.2)

 

84.7

(1.9)

 

3.7

(1.7)

 Other mental health professional

5.3

(0.5)

 

3.3

(0.3)

 

87.7

(1.8)

 

3.6

(1.7)

III. Human services

           

 Social worker in a human services setting

1.7

(0.2)

 

1.1

(0.2)

 

87.6

(0.0)

 

3.9

(2.0)

 Counsellor in a human services setting

2.5

(0.3)

 

1.5

(0.2)

 

76.2

(1.1)

 

3.5

(1.6)

IV. Complementary and alternative medicine

           

 Spiritual advisor

12.2

(0.8)

 

7.7

(0.5)

 

57.4

(2.3)

 

3.1

(1.4)

 Healer

6.5

(0.6)

 

4.1

(0.3)

 

68.9

(1.6)

 

3.1

(1.5)

V. Total

100

-

 

100.0

-

 

36.4

(1.1)

 

2.6

(1.0)

 (n)

(3,332)

  

(5,248)

       
  1. a Respondents who reported any 12-month use of providers for mental health
  2. b Person-provider observations, where respondents who saw more than one type of provider were counted as multiple observations
  3. c Indicates the extent to which treatment by a given provider occurred in combination with another provider. A higher percentage indicates a greater proportion of treatment in combination