Delay of First Treatment of Mental and Substance Use Disorders in Mexico
Guilherme Borges, ScD,
Philip S. Wang, MD, PhD,
Maria Elena Medina-Mora, PhD,
Carmen Lara, MD and
Wai Tat Chiu, MA
Guilherme Borges is with the National Institute of Psychiatry and the Metropolitan Autonomous University, Mexico City, Mexico. Maria Elena Medina-Mora is with the National Institute of Psychiatry, Mexico City. Carmen Lara is with the National Institute of Psychiatry and the Puebla Autonomous University, Puebla, Mexico. Philip S. Wang and Wai Tat Chiu are with the Department of Health Care Policy, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Mass.
FIGURE 1——Percentage of respondents who received initial treatment contact since the first onset of a mental or substance use disorder, by group of disorders: Mexico National Comorbidity Survey, 2001–2002.
