Help-seeking behaviors among Chinese people with mental disorders: a cross-sectional study

BMC Psychiatry

Table 2 The help-seeking rate (N = 1759) and first help- seeking rates (N = 323) for various sources

Help seeking sources		Any help (n = 1759)		First help (n = 323)
Help seeking sources		N (unweighted)	%	N (unweighted)	%
1.	Relatives	100	5.6	80	26.8
2.	Colleagues/friend/neighbors	101	7.2	59	27.4
3.	A private doctor of western medicine	15	0.8	11	3.3
4.	A private doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM)	8	0.3	3	0.9
5.	A witch doctor	17	0.5	6	0.7
6.	A Qigong practitioner	2	0.1	0	0
7.	An internal medicine clinic in a general hospital	33	1.2	20	5.5
8.	A neurology clinic in general hospital	20	0.6	14	2.2
9.	A psychiatric clinic in a general hospital	31	1.1	16	3.9
10.	Inpatient treatment in a general hospital	6	0.2	2	0.4
11.	An outpatient clinic in a TCM hospital	37	1.3	23	5.5
12.	Inpatient treatment in a TCM hospital	0	0	0	0
13.	A regular clinic in a psychiatric hospital	72	2.9	49	13.5
14.	A specialized clinic in a psychiatric hospital	4	0.2	1	0.1
15.	Inpatient treatment in a psychiatric hospital	28	1.5	11	4.1
16.	A community psychotherapy institute	4	0.2	2	0.6
17.	A community health center	15	0.2	12	1.1
18.	A community pharmacy	4	0.1	4	0.6
19.	A temple	4	0.1	2	0.2
20.	Writing letters to get counselling	0	0.0	4	2.1
21.	A newspaper article or magazine	5	0.4	0	0
22.	An internet support group	2	0.0	1	0.1
23.	A hotline	0	0.0	0	0
	Other	7	0.4	3	1.1
Any form of help^a		323	15.7	323	100
Any healthcare services^b		201	7.6	168	41,6
	Mental healthcare services^c	114	4.5	79	24.5
	Only non-mental healthcare services^d	87	3.1	89	27.5
Only non-healthcare sources^e		122	8.1	155	58.4

^aIncludes all forms of help listed in table
^bIncludes mental healthcare services and non-mental healthcare services
^cMental healthcare services include a psychiatric clinic in a general hospital, a regular clinic in a psychiatric hospital, a specialized clinic in a psychiatric hospital, inpatient treatment in a psychiatric hospital, a community psychotherapy institute
^dNon-mental healthcare services include a private doctor of western medicine, a private doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM), an internal medicine clinic in a general hospital, a neurology clinic in general hospital, inpatient treatment in a general hospital, an outpatient clinic in a TCM hospital, inpatient treatment in a TCM hospital, a community health center, a community pharmacy
^eNon-healthcare sources include relatives and colleagues/friend/neighbors, a witch doctor, a Qigong practitioner, a temple, writing letters to get counselling, a newspaper article or magazine, an internet support group, and a hotline

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