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. 2023 Jun 30;18(6):e0282040. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282040

Table 4. Most common mental health treatment types.

Treatment type % of treatments N of treatments
Cognitive behavioural therapy 31.23 70690
General or supportive counselling 12.53 28363
Acceptance and commitment therapy 5.47 12384
Psychoeducation 4.79 10842
Skills training (social and communication skills anger management) 3.32 7507
Interpersonal therapy 3.26 7385
Motivational Interviewing/Enhancement 2.24 5072
Behavioural interventions (including activity scheduling exposure techniques) 2.20 4980
Cognitive interventions (eg Cognitive analytic therapy) 1.65 3732
Problem solving therapy 1.34 3022
Total treatments2 delivered NA1 226307
Median number of treatments recorded per young person 2.00

Notes: 1% do not sum to 100 because young people can receive more than one service type and only the 10 most common treatment types are listed. 2Service providers can record up to three treatment types per visit.