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Table 1 Proportion of adults receiving help for their mental health in the past 12 months, and the types of help received (N = 8841)

From: Service demand for psychological interventions among Australian adults: a population perspective

Type of help received

% (95% CI)

n

Psychological interventions

 Psychotherapy

3.0 (2.5–3.6)

271

 Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

3.4 (2.9–4.1)

326

 Counselling

6.7 (6.1–7.3)

648

 Any psychological intervention

7.9 (7.2–8.6)

759

Information

 Information about mental illness, its treatment, and available services

5.2 (4.6–5.9)

487

Medication

 Medicine or tablets

7.2 (6.6–8.0)

697

Social interventions

 Help to sort out housing or money problems

0.8 (0.5–1.1)

67

 Help to meet people for support or company

0.9 (0.6–1.2)

80

 Any social intervention

1.5 (1.1–1.9)

127

Skills training

 Help to improve your ability to work, or use your time in other ways

1.7 (1.3–2.2)

133

 Help to improve your ability to look after yourself or your home

1.0 (0.7–1.3)

93

 Any skills training

2.1 (1.7–2.6)

172

Any help

11.3 (10.5–12.3)

1101

Intervention classification

 Psychological interventions only

2.0a (1.7–2.5)c

212

 Psychological plus other interventions

5.8a (5.2–6.5)b

547

 Other interventions only

3.5 (3.1–3.9)b

342

  1. N Unweighted number, denominator for this analysis; n Unweighted count, numerator; % Weighted percentage; CI Confidence interval
  2. a The sum of these groups is lower than the combined estimate of 7.9% in the upper section of Table 1, due to rounding
  3. b Non-overlapping confidence intervals indicate statistically significant differences between estimates