Treatment providers, wait time durations and perceived acceptability of wait times among participants (n=375)
| Treatment providers | N (%) utilising this service | GP referred N (%) | N who reported wait time | Mean days waited (SD) | Median days waited | Range (days) | N (%) who reported wait time was too long | N (%) who reported wait time was acceptable |
| Psychologist | 272 (72.5) | 177 (65.1) | 230 | 100.1 (77.25) | 91.3 | 10–365 | 203 (88.3) | 10 (4.3) |
| Psychiatrist | 160 (42.7) | 128 (80.0) | 127 | 127.5 (78.80) | 107.0 | 18–341 | 120 (94.5) | 3 (2.4) |
| School counsellor | 105 (28.0) | 12 (11.4) | 69 | 60.9 (74.31) | 21.0 | 8–365 | 48 (69.6) | 16 (23.2) |
| Headspace | 97 (25.9) | 40 (41.2) | 79 | 107.6 (89.44) | 91.3 | 14–365 | 68 (86.1) | 4 (5.1) |
| Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services | 69 (18.4) | 30 (43.5) | 51 | 71.6 (65.52) | 49.0 | 14–304 | 42 (82.4) | 8 (15.7) |
| Paediatrician | 50 (13.3) | 37 (74.0) | 33 | 121.9 (83.85) | 101.3 | 14–365 | 28 (84.8) | 4 (12.1) |
| Inpatient hospital stay | 32 (8.5) | 17 (53.1) | 19 | 82.5 (70.14) | 67.9 | 10–272 | 17 (89.5) | 0 (0) |
| Support group | 27 (7.2) | 6 (22.2) | 18 | 72.0 (78.85) | 43.2 | 14–304 | 11 (61.1) | 5 (27.8) |
| Structured psychological programme or service | 25 (6.7) | 9 (36.0) | 15 | 99.1 (76.73) | 91.3 | 14–262 | 9 (60.0) | 3 (20.0) |
| Aboriginal/Torres Strait Islander medical centre | 4 (1.1) | 3 (75.0) | 2 | 45.7 (21.52) | 45.7 | 30–61 | 2 (100.0) | 0 (0) |
GP, general practitioner.