Cross-cultural attitudes to help-seeking among individuals who are suicidal: new perspective for policy-makers
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World Mental Health Survey data demonstrate that a high proportion of people who are suicidal receive no treatment and that, contrary to previous assumptions, attitudes to treatment constitute greater barriers to help-seeking than do stigma or structural/financial constraints. We explore how suicide-prevention policy-makers might respond to Bruffaerts et al's findings.
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Many suicidal people do not want to seek professional treatment because of their negative attitudes towards mental health care.
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- Authors
- Pitman, A., & Osborn, D. P. J.
- Affiliations
- University College London (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Pitman, Alexandra
- Venue
- British Journal of Psychiatry
- Publisher
- Royal College of Psychiatrists
- Published
- 2011-07
- Volume
- 199
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 8-10
- ISSN
- 0007-1250 (ISSN-L)
- 1472-1465
- OpenAlex
- W2142015986
- Cited by
- 32
- References
- 15
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- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Locations
- The British Journal of Psychiatry (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- UCL Discovery (University College London) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institute for Health and Care Research (ACF-2007-18-010)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Suicide and Self-Harm Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health
- Keywords
- help-seeking, suicidal individuals, barriers to treatment, suicide prevention policy, mental health service utilization, World Mental Health Surveys, stigma, cross-cultural comparison
- MeSH terms
- Suicide Prevention, Cross-Cultural Comparison, Health Services Needs and Demand, Humans, Mental Health Services, Patient Acceptance of Health Care
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