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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 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
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“We focused this study on male adults because men have a lower tendency to seek treatment for psychological problems compared to females [36,37].”
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“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).”
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“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].”
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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
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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
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › 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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