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. 2018 Aug 13;18:634. doi: 10.1186/s12913-018-3365-6

Table 3.

Service Contact Reported by carers (n = 330) and youths (n = 224)

Service Contact Distribution of use for the ones that have had contact
Every week (4) Every month (3) Every 3. Month (2) Every 6. Month (1)
% (n) % (n) % (n) % (n) % (n)
CAMHS
 Carers 31.2 (103) 23.3 (24) 43.7 (45) 13.6 (14) 19.4 (20)
 Youth 27.2 (61) 18.0 (11) 44.3 (27) 16.4 (10) 21.3 (13)
Contact with Primary Health Care services:
 Carers 61.2 (202)
 Youth 58.5 (131)
  School Health service
   Carers 27.6 (91) 5.5 (5) 20.9 (19) 28.6 (26) 45.1 (41)
   Youth 30.8 (69) 14.5 (10) 15.9 (11) 33.3 (23) 36.2 (25)
  Educational Psychology Service
   Carers 34.8 (115) 5.2 (6) 10.4 (12) 34.8 (40) 49.6 (57)
   Youth 19.6 (44) 11.4 (5) 27.3 (12) 15.9 (7) 45.5 (20)
  General Practitioner
 Carers 29.7 (98) 1.0 (1) 6.1 (6) 27.6 (27) 65.3 (64)
 Youth 35.7 (80) 2.5 (2) 10.0 (8) 30.0 (24) 57.5 (46)
Adolescent Health Clinic
 Carers 7.3 (24) 0 (0) 20.8 (5) 8.3 (2) 70.8 (17)
 Youth 11.6 (26) 3.9 (1) 11.5 (3) 19.2 (5) 65.4 (17)
Other service providers:
 Municipal CPS
  Carers 92.1 (304) 2.3 (7) 20.4 (62) 54.9 (167) 22.4 (68)
  Youth 85.3 (191) 1.0 (2) 7.9 (15) 52.4 (100) 38.7 (74)
 Special Education
  Carers 42.7 (141) 77.3 (109) 9.2 (13) 3.6 (5) 9.9 (14)
  Youth 21.9 (49) 65.3 (32) 12.2 (6) 12.2 (6) 10.2 (5)
 Other services
  Carers 16.4 (54) 22.2 (12) 38.9 (21) 22.2 (12) 16.7 (9)
  Youth 7.1 (16) 18.8 (3) 31.3 (5) 25.0 (4) 25.0 (4)

Note: CAMHS child and adolescent mental health service. Primary health care services include: the school health service, educational psychology service, general practitioner, and the adolescent health clinic, Municipal CPS Municipal Child Protective Service