OBJECTIVE: To identify the proportion of @entity1 and adolescents in Australia and the proportion of those with @entity146 who used services for emotional and behavioural problems, the type of services used and what characteristics were associated with service use. METHOD: During 2013-2014, a national face-to-face household survey of mental health and wellbeing (Young Minds Matter) was conducted, involving 6310 parents and carers of 4- to 17-year-olds (55% of eligible households) and self-report surveys from 2967 11- to 17-year-olds in these households (89% of eligible youth). The survey identified 12-month @entity146 based on the Diagnostic Interview Schedule for @entity1 -Version IV and asked about service use for emotional or behavioural problems in the previous 12   months. RESULTS: Overall, 17.0% of all 4- to 17-year-olds used services for emotional or behavioural problems in the previous 12   months. Of those with @entity146 , 56.0% used services (48.9% of 4- to 11-year-olds; 65.1% of 12- to 17-year-olds). Service use was highest among 4- to 17-year-olds with major @entity308 (79.6%) and lowest for those with @entity71 (52.7%). Two-fifths (41.2%), 72.5% and 87.6% of those with mild, moderate and severe disorders used services. General practitioners, psychologists, paediatricians and counsellors/family therapists were the most commonly accessed health service providers. Two-fifths with @entity146 had attended school services. About 5% of adolescents reported use of online personal support or counselling for help with their problems. From multivariate models, service use was higher in sole carer families, but also among those living in the least socially and economically disadvantaged compared to the most disadvantaged areas. CONCLUSION: Rates of service use for @entity146 in Australia's @entity1 and adolescents appear to have increased substantially. Health services and schools are the major providers of services for emotional and behavioural problems, but telephone counselling and online services have become well-established parts of the service environment.

Service use by Australian @entity1 for emotional and behavioural problems: Findings from the second Australian XXXX and Adolescent Survey of Mental Health and Wellbeing.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['children', 'Children'] @entity71 :: ('MESH:D001289', 'Disease') :: ['attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder'] @entity308 :: ('MESH:D003866', 'Disease') :: ['depressive disorder'] @entity146 :: ('MESH:D001523', 'Disease') :: ['mental disorders']
@entity1 :: (9606,Species) :: ['Child']
