Virtual Clinic

How old were you when you first talked to a health professional about problems with your mental health?

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Considering your mental health care in the past 12 months, which of the following forms of help did you receive from those consultations? (You may choose more than one).

	Information about mental illness, its treatment, and available services
	Medicine or tablets
	Psychotherapy - discussions about causes that stem from the past
	Cognitive behaviour therapy - learning how to change your thoughts, behaviours, and emotions
	Counselling - help to talk through your problems
	Help to sort out housing or money problems
	Help to improve your ability to work, or to use your time in other ways
	Help to improve your ability to look after yourself or your home
	Help to meet people for support or company
	Other

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Seeing that you are now seeking help, why didn't you get more help from health professionals? Please choose the main reason or the single reason that most closely applies.

	I preferred to manage myself
	I didn't think anything more could help
	I didn't know where to get help
	I was afraid to ask for help, or of what others would think of me if I did
	I couldn't afford the money
	I asked but didn't get the help
	I got help from another source (please specify)