Table 1. Descriptive characteristics and frequency distributions of access paths and website use (N = 252).

Variables		n	%
Gender	Female	162	64.3
Age (M = 42.2, SD = 15.0)	≤45	135	53.6
	>45	117	46.4
Education	Low	61	24.2
	Middle	66	26.2
	High	125	49.6
Experience with mental disorders	Affected people	139	55.2
	Relatives	65	25.8
	Experts	25	9.9
	None	23	9.1
Residential area	Region of Hamburg	62	24.6
	Other regions	190	75.4
Internet usage	(Almost) every day	228	90.5
	At least once a week	21	8.3
	At least once a month	2	0.8
Access to the portal	Directly	122	48.4
	Via search engine	102	40.5
	Via referring website	28	11.1
Awareness of the portal through	Online searches for mental illnesses	145	57.5
	Personal recommendation	27	10.7
	Newspaper article	19	7.5
	Cinema advert	19	7.5
	Poster	7	2.8
	YouTube	6	2.4
	Postcard	4	1.6
	Other	60	23.8
Frequency of use	First time	185	73.4
	<5 times	42	16.7
	>5 times	12	4.8
	>10 times	13	5.2
Date of attendance	Before the integration of the first PtDA	156	61.9
	After the integration of the first PtDA	96	38.1