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Gender and self-reported mental health problems: predictors of help seeking from a general practitioner
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Objectives: Findings have shown that many people do not seek help when experiencing psychological distress. The main aim of this paper is to examine the socio‐demographic and health status factors that predict help seeking for self‐reported mental health problems for males and females from a general practitioner (GP). Design: The analysis used data from the HRB National Psychological Wellbeing and Distress Survey – a telephone survey of the population aged 18 years and over. Methods: Telephone numbers were selected on a random probability basis. An initial set of random clusters was selected from the Geodirectory. Using these sampling areas, random digit dialling was used to generate a random telephone sample. Data were weighted on key variables. Respondents who reported mental health problems in the previous year were included in the current study (382/2,674). Results: The findings showed gender differences in the models of predictors between males and females with more factors influencing attendance at the GP for males than for females. While only social limitations and access to free health care predicted female attendance, a range of socio‐demographic and psychological factors influenced male attendance. Conclusions: Findings suggest that a ‘gender sensitive approach’ should be applied to mental health policies and mental health promotion and prevention programmes. Acknowledgement and awareness of the factors that influence help seeking will aid the design of gender specific promotion, prevention, and treatment programmes at primary care level.
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“These biases influence the quality and type of care provided and leave men less likely to receive a diagnosis despite presenting with similar or identical symptoms to women”
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 Doherty & Kartalova-O’Doherty, 2010
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“socio-demographic factors such as low educational status , young age , and never-married status were all identified as factors associated with medical helpseeking in that a negative correlation was found between these and help-seeking frequency”
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“As for the lower rates of help-seeking among single men, this may be due to the fact that partners, especially female, often support and encourage men to see a medical specialist”
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“the vast majority of studies have found profound gender differences in help-seeking behaviour”
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“compared to women, men generally report higher levels of embarrassment during or in relation to medical appointments, and they also tend to endure symptoms for longer before seeking medical help - especially if no restrictive physical symptoms are involved”
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“For example clinical studies with in- or outpatient populations may vary substantially from nonhelp-seeking patients in the community. [34-37]”
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- Authors
- Doherty, D. T., & Kartalova‐O'Doherty, Y.
- Affiliations
- Health Research Board (IE)
- Corresponding author
- Doherty, D. Tedstone
- Venue
- British Journal of Health Psychology
- Publisher
- Wiley
- Published
- 2010-02
- Volume
- 15
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 213-228
- ISSN
- 1359-107X (ISSN-L)
- 2044-8287
- PMC
- PMC2845878
- OpenAlex
- W2106154044
- Cited by
- 221
- References
- 29
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- FWCI
- 6.96
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
- Locations
- British Journal of Health Psychology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
- Funders
- Health Research Board
- 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 › Psychology and Mental Health
- Keywords
- help-seeking, gender differences, psychological distress, general practitioner attendance, primary care, sociodemographic predictors, social limitations, mental health promotion
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Mental Disorders, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Health Status, Humans, Interviews as Topic, Male, Middle Aged, Physicians, Family, Quality of Life, Surveys and Questionnaires, Self Concept, Self Disclosure, Socioeconomic Factors, Stress, Psychological, Health Behavior, Age Distribution, Sex Distribution, Young Adult
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