Objective: There has been no community‐based research on treatment delay among people
with mental disorders in China. This study examines lifetime treatment and treatment delay
in metropolitan China. Method: A multi‐stage probability survey of 5201 respondents was
administered in Beijing and Shanghai. Age of first treatment contact after onset of each of the
three lifetime DSM‐IV/CIDI disorder classes was compared with retrospective information on
age of disorder onset. Length and predictors of treatment delay were examined using …

Context An understudied crucial step in the help-seeking process is making prompt initial
contact with a treatment provider after first onset of a mental disorder. Objective To provide
data on patterns and predictors of failure and delay in making initial treatment contact after
first onset of a mental disorder in the United States from the recently completed National
Comorbidity Survey Replication. Design and Setting Nationally representative face-to-face
household survey carried out between February 2001 and April 2003. Participants A total of …