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Table 5 Main presenting complaint

From: Counselling in humanitarian settings: a retrospective analysis of 18 individual-focused non-specialised counselling programmes

Main presenting complaint, n = 14887*

N (%)

Anxiety-related

5207 (35.0%)

Family-related

2339 (15.7%)

Mood-related

2105 (14.1%)

Physical complaints

2043 (13.7%)

Behaviour-related

1132 (7.6%)

Loss/mourning

924 (6.2%)

Other serious mental health conditions**

304 (2.0%)

Other

833 (5.6%)

  1. *76 patients had missing values. **Includes psychosis, delirium, substance abuse, organic brain damage.