Help-seeking behaviour in men and women with common mental health problems: cross-sectional study
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Background: Many people with mental health problems do not seek professional help but their use of other sources of help is unclear. Aims: To investigate patterns of lay and professional help-seeking in men and women aged 16–64 years in relation to severity of symptoms and sociodemographic variables. Method: Postal questionnaire survey, including the 12-item General Health Questionnaire (GHQ–12), sent to a stratified random sample ( n =15222) of the population of Somerset. Results: The response rate was 76%. Only 28% of people with extremely high GHQ–12 scores (⩾8) had sought help from their general practitioner but most (78%) had sought some form of help. Males, young people and people living in affluent areas were the least likely to seek help. Conclusions: Health promotion interventions to encourage appropriate help-seeking behaviour in young people, particularly in men, may lead to improvements in the mental health of this group of the population.
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Men cope with mental health difficulties differently from women, showing an increased tendency to self-medicate with alcohol and drugs to alleviate emotional distress.
“Men cope with mental health difficulties differently compared to women, demonstrating an increased tendency to self-medicate with alcohol and drugs to alleviate emotional distress”
From Improving Mental Health Service Utilization Among Men: A Systematic Review and Synthesis of Behavior Change Techniques Within Interventions Targeting Help-Seeking (2019) · cites this paper as Oliver, Pearson, Coe, & Gunnell, 2005
The Main findings section reports a gender difference in help-seeking: women with common mental disorders were more likely than men to have sought help. The cited paper does not establish the claimed greater tendency among men to self-medicate with alcohol or drugs; searches for self-medication and substance use found no supporting passage. Page numbers were not available in our copy. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMen have a lower tendency to seek treatment for psychological problems compared to females.
“We focused this study on male adults because men have a lower tendency to seek treatment for psychological problems compared to females [36,37].”
From Feasibility of a personal health technology-based psychological intervention for men with stress and mood problems: Randomized controlled pilot trial (2013) · cites this paper as [37]
The 'Attitudes to seeking help' section (page unavailable) reports that men were less likely than women to say they would seek help for stress-related health problems. The 'Main findings' section likewise says women with common mental disorders were more likely to have sought some form of help. These measures include help from friends and relatives, so they do not establish the narrower claim that men are less likely to seek treatment. (LLM, conf=0.86)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMen, particularly younger men, tend not to seek professional help for distress.
“Meeting these needs is challenging, as men (particularly younger men) tend not to seek professional help for distress (Gulliver, Griffiths, & Christensen, 2010;Oliver et al., 2005;Rickwood, Deane, & Wilson, 2007).”
From e-TC: Development and pilot testing of a web-based intervention to reduce anxiety and depression in survivors of testicular cancer (2017) · cites this paper as Oliver et al., 2005
Young men hold more negative attitudes towards help-seeking for mental health issues than young women, due in part to lower levels of openness to acknowledging psychological problems.
“Young men are known to hold more negative attitudes towards help-seeking for mental health issues than young women [5], due in part to lower levels of openness to acknowledging psychological problems [6].”
From Silence is deadly: a cluster-randomised controlled trial of a mental health help-seeking intervention for young men (2017) · cites this paper as [5]
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- Authors
- Oliver, M. I., Pearson, N., Coe, N., & Gunnell, D.
- Affiliations
- North Bristol NHS Trust (GB)
- University of Bristol (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Oliver, Maria Isabel
- ORCID
- Gunnell, David
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2005-04
- Volume
- 186
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 297-301
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2157935253
- Cited by
- 558
- References
- 23
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 12.51
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UWE Research Repository (UWE Bristol) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Keywords
- help-seeking, common mental disorders, professional help, gender differences, youth, symptom severity, sociodemographic factors, health promotion, mental health service utilization
- MeSH terms
- Adolescent, Adult, Attitude to Health, Mental Disorders, Cross-Sectional Studies, England, Family Practice, Female, Health Promotion, Health Surveys, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Surveys and Questionnaires, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution
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