Barriers to access to outpatient mental health care for refugees and asylum seekers in Switzerland: the therapist’s view

Table 3 Number (percentages) of mental health providers depending on frequency of treatment of refugees and asylum seekers

	total sample	no treatment (0 pat./year)	treatment (1–9 pat./year)	frequent treatment (≥ 10 pat./year)
	total sample	no treatment (0 pat./year)	treatment (1–9 pat./year)	non-specialized^a	specialized^b
Psychotherapists	533 (61.6%)	270 [69.8%] < 50.7%>	215 [58.3%] < 40.3%>	27 [40.3%] < 5.1%>	21 [50%] < 3.9%>
Psychiatrists	332 (38.4%)	117 [30.2%] < 35.3%>	154 [41.7%] < 46.4%>	40 [59.7%] < 12.0%>	21 [50%] < 6.3%>
Total Sample	865 (100%)	387 (44.7%)	369 (42.7%)	67 (7.7%)	42 (4.9%)

2 participants (pat.) are not included due to missing values; ^a providers without work experience in specialized center; ^b providers with experience in specialized center; (%) – related to the total sample; <% > − related to the subsample of providers (psychotherapists or psychiatrists); [%] - related to the subsample (providers with no treated refugees or asylum seekers in the past 12 months, providers with 1–9 treated refugees or asylum seekers in the past 12 months, specialized and non-specialized providers with 10 and more treated refugees or asylum seekers in the past 12 months)

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