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SAMH is for anyone affected by mental health problems. Since 1923 we have been working across Scotland to promote mental health and we currently support 2,500 every week through our community based services.

This survey is for people who have personal experience of psychological therapies (sometimes called talking therapies). SAMH wants to learn more about your experiences so that we can identify the benefits of psychological therapies, any barriers to access and also areas where SAMH and other organisations could campaign for improvements.

The survey is completey confidential although you can provide your contact details at the end of the survey if you wish to do so. If you do not feel comfortable answering any question then please feel free to skip past it.

Thank you for taking the time to take part.

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* 1. When did you last access a psychological therapy?

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* 2. What type of therapy was it?

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* 3. How were you referred to this service?

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* 4. Were you offered a choice of therapies?

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* 5. Who provided the service?

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* 6. Did you have to pay for this service?

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* 7. If you chose to pay for psychological therapies, why was this? (Please choose as many as apply)

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* 8. Once therapy had been requested, how long did you have to wait before it started?

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* 9. If you have also accessed other types of psychological therapies, please tell us which ones (choose as many as apply)

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* 10. Have psychological therapies helped you in relation to any of the following issues (choose as many as apply)?

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* 11. Overall, how useful do you find psychological therapy?

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* 12. Do you feel you were given enough information about psychological therapies, and the different types of therapies that are available?

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* 13. Overall, do you feel that you were treated as an equal partner when deciding which therapies might be best suited to you?

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* 14. Which sources would/did you use to get more information about psychological therapies (choose as many as apply)?

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* 15. How do you think access to psychological therapies could be improved?

The following questions are to help us see if different groups of people have different experiences of accessing psychological therapies.

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* 16. What is your current age?

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* 17. If you have been diagnosed as having a mental health problem, what is your diagnosis?

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* 18. What is your gender?

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* 19. What is your ethnic group?

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* 20. Which part of the UK do you live in?

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* 21. What is your sexual orientation?

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* 22. Is there anything you would like to tell us about but didn't find a place for?

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* 23. Would you like to sign up to SAMH’s regular e-newsletter? If so please provide your email address

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