The psychiatrist was the resource least used within the health care sector overall in all sites (8.5% overall for any disorder, range 3.4% in Colombia-national to 11.6% in the United States) except in Brazil where other mental health specialist ranked the lowest. Number of disorders and severity of mental disorder Overall and across study sites, there was a clear trend for a higher prevalence of service use with higher number of disorders (except in Colombia-national and Medellin-Colombia) and greater severity of the disorders (except in Argentina).
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Twelve-month mental health service use in six countries of the Americas: A regional report from the World Mental Health Surveys.
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