Table 1.

Four mental health experience categories reflecting different combinations of mental health treatment use and anxiety/depression symptoms.

	MH experiences	Operationalization
No MH treatment need	Tx not used, A/D (−)	Did not use any mental health treatment in the past 12 mo, and Screened negative A/D (−) for clinically significant anxiety/depression symptoms
MH treatment need	Tx used, A/D (−)	Used mental health treatment in the past 12 mo, and Screened negative A/D (−) for clinically significant anxiety/depression symptoms
	Tx used, A/D (+)	Used mental health treatment in the past 12 mo, and Screened positive A/D (+) for clinically significant anxiety/depression symptoms
	Tx not used, A/D (+)	Did not use mental health treatment in the past 12 mo, and Screened positive A/D (+) for clinically significant anxiety/depression symptoms

A/D, anxiety/depression; MH, mental health; Tx, treatment.