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Type of professional seen among U.S. adults with a major depressive episode 2017
Type of professional seen by U.S. adults with a major depressive episode who received treatment in 2017*
by John Elflein,
last edited
Sep 17, 2018
This statistic shows the type of professional seen among U.S. adults with a major depressive episode who received treatment in the past year in 2017. Some 58.3 percent of the respondents reported that they have received treatment by a general practitioner or family doctor during their major depressive episode.
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by John Elflein,
last edited
Sep 17, 2018
This statistic shows the type of professional seen among U.S. adults with a major depressive episode who received treatment in the past year in 2017. Some 58.3 percent of the respondents reported that they have received treatment by a general practitioner or family doctor during their major depressive episode.
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- September 2018
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- United States
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- 2017
- Number of respondents
- base: around 70,000
- Age group
- 18 years and older
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*Adults who received treatment in the past year.
** Religious or spiritual advisor includes ministers, priests, or rabbis.
*** Other medical doctor includes cardiologists, gynecologists, urologists, and other medical doctors who are not general practitioners or family doctors.
**** Other mental health professional includes mental health nurses and other therapists where type is not specified.
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- 2017
- Number of respondents
- base: around 70,000
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Method of interview
- Questionnaire
- Supplementary notes
-
*Adults who received treatment in the past year.
** Religious or spiritual advisor includes ministers, priests, or rabbis.
*** Other medical doctor includes cardiologists, gynecologists, urologists, and other medical doctors who are not general practitioners or family doctors.
**** Other mental health professional includes mental health nurses and other therapists where type is not specified.
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