Fig. 2.

Health attitudes and mental health service utilization, by education level. Last year predicted probability of general medical service use by: a belief that professional treatment helps, b willingness to seek professional help. Last year predicted probability of: c general medical service use by comfort level talking to a professional, d specialty service use willingness to seek professional help. *Statistically significant difference with high school as the reference group. The figures depict probability of use in separate groups (e.g., less willing group vs. a more willing group). Final model included four attitudes toward mental health treatment, age, ethnicity/ race, education level, marital status, income, insurance status, psychiatric disorder status, previous use of mental health treatment and interactions at p < 0.25 (only< 0.005 reported)