Gender differences in lifetime use of services for mental health problems in the EU-WMH surveys
| Belgium | France | Germany | Netherlands | Northern Ireland | Bulgaria | Romania | Italy | Portugal | Spain | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | W | M | |
| n | 1229 | 1190 | 1565 | 1329 | 1895 | 1660 | 1340 | 1032 | 2441 | 1899 | 1282 | 951 | 1265 | 1092 | 2391 | 2321 | 2217 | 1632 | 3052 | 2421 |
| Lifetime any use | 28.0 | 16.3 | 36.5 | 19.9 | 27.2 | 16.7 | 36.2 | 24.2 | 35.2 | 22.0 | 14.7 | 8.0 | 8.1 | 6.8 | 12.7 | 6.8 | 48.8 | 27.6 | 21.9 | 11.8 |
| Psychiatrist | 9.9 | 6.6 | 13.3 | 8.0 | 8.6 | 4.8 | 8.7 | 7.5 | 9.4 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 2.7 | 19.1 | 10.9 | 9.7 | 5.7 |
| Other MH providers | 11.1 | 6.7 | 9.1 | 4.8 | 11.5 | 8.0 | 25.3 | 15.5 | 7.7 | 4.7 | 1.1 | 0.5 | 1.3 | 1.5 | 5.8 | 3.2 | 12.6 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 4.9 |
| General practitioner | 21.6 | 11.8 | 29.2 | 13.9 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 26.9 | 18.4 | 32.1 | 17.6 | 8.6 | 5.4 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 8.1 | 3.3 | 31.7 | 14.9 | 14.2 | 6.7 |
| Other medical doctor | 3.4 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 1.6 | 2.3 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 0.9 | 4.5 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 4.0 | 1.9 | 6.2 | 2.9 | 3.2 | 1.4 |
| Non-conventional | 2.7 | 0.7 | 3.5 | 1.1 | 2.7 | 1.3 | 6.7 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 3.2 | 1.7 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.4 | 2.6 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 0.7 |
| Religious/spiritual | 1.4 | 1.6 | 2.0 | 1.1 | 2.9 | 1.2 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 1.6 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 1.9 | 0.8 | 2.4 | 1.0 | 0.8 | 0.4 |
Data presented are from the Part 1 sample, except for Bulgaria where Part 2 samples were used. Numbers in bold represent significant differences (p<0.05) between men and women within country using a design-based F test statistic.
MH, mental health; WMH, World Mental Health.