Table 1.

Cumulative Lifetime Probabilities and Median Number of Years until First Contacting Professionals for Mental Disorders

	Cumulative Lifetime Probability	Median Years from Onset to Probability
	%	Years
General medical doctors†	46.1	10
Psychiatrists	27.3	11
Mental health specialists‡	51.2	9
Religious professionals§	34.1	11
Human services professionals∥	19.4	12
Alternative treatment professionals¶	41.1	12
Any treatment provider (of above 6)	80.1	11

^†General medical doctors refers to doctors other than psychiatrists (including general practitioners, family physicians, and physician specialists such as cardiologists and gynecologists).

^‡Mental health specialists refers to specialists other than psychiatrists (including psychologists, mental health counselors, social workers [other than in a social services agency], and providers in mental health, alcohol, and drug outpatient clinics).

^§Religious professionals refers to ministers, priests, rabbis, and their counterparts in other religions.

^∥Human services professionals refers to counselors and social workers, specifically in a social service agency.

^¶Alternative treatment professionals refers to spiritualists, herbalists, natural therapists, faith healers, self-help groups, and similar advisors or agencies.