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Table 12A.29
Table 12A.29
Services used for mental health problems, Australia, 2007 (per cent) (a), (b)
With lifetime mental disorder
No lifetime mental
Total
Symptoms in previous 12 months (c) No symptoms in previous 12 months (d) disorder (e)
Services used for mental health in previous 12 months
GP 24.7 ± 2.4 6.2 ± 1.5 2.8 ± 0.9 8.1 ± 0.7
Psychiatrist 7.9 ± 2.7 1.4 ± 0.7 0.6 ± 0.3 2.3 ± 0.6
Psychologist 13.2 ± 2.1 1.8 ± 0.6 0.8 ± 0.3 3.5 ± 0.5
Other mental health professional 7.7 ± 1.6 1.5 ± 0.5 np 2.2 ± 0.4
Other health professional 6.6 ± 1.6 2.1 ± 1.0 1.0 ± 0.4 2.4 ± 0.5
Hospitalisation 2.6 ± 1.1 np np 0.7 ± 0.3
Total who used health services 34.9 ± 3.1 9.2 ± 1.8 4.7 ± 1.1 11.9 ± 0.9
Total who did not use services for mental health 65.1 ± 3.1 90.8 ± 1.8 95.2 ± 1.1 88.1 ± 0.9
(a)
(b)
(c)
(d)
The rates reported in this table include 95 per cent confidence intervals (for example, X per cent ± X per cent).
Estimates with RSEs greater than 25 per cent are considered unreliable. These estimates are not published.
Persons who met criteria for diagnosis of a lifetime mental disorder (with hierarchy) and had symptoms in the 12 months prior to interview.
People who had experienced a mental disorder at some point in their life, but who did not have symptoms in the previous 12 months.
(e) Persons who did not meet criteria for diagnosis of a lifetime mental disorder.
np Not published.
Source : ABS (unpublished), derived from the 2007 Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing , Cat. no. 4326.0, Canberra.
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