Twelve-month service utilization rates for mental health reasons: data from the Israel National Health Survey.
OBJECTIVE
To measure the 12-month utilization rates for mental health reasons in all types of services.


METHODS
A representative sample extracted from the National Population Register of non-institutionalized residents aged 21 or older were interviewed at their homes between May 2003 and April 2004. DSM-IV disorders were assessed using a revised version of the Composite International Diagnostic Interview (WMH-CIDI).


RESULTS
About 10% of the adult population receives some type of treatment for emotional or mental health problems within a single year. More than half of service consumers were not classified as suffering from mood or anxiety disorders. Of those diagnosed with mood or anxiety disorders in the past 12 months only about 50% used any type of service for mental health problems.


CONCLUSIONS
There is only a partial overlap between those who utilize the services and those who meet the criteria for a clinical diagnosis of mental disorder.
Levinson
Daphna
D
Mental Health Services, Ministry of Health, Rivka 29, Jerusalem, Israel. Daphna.Levinson@moh.health.gov.il
Lerner
Yaacov
Y
Zilber
Nelly
N
Grinshpoon
Alexander
A
Levav
Itzhak
I
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D019538:Health Care Surveys; D006306:Health Surveys; D006801:Humans; D007557:Israel / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000628:therapy*; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged