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An orientation toward help-seeking for emotional problems.

M A Tijhuis1, L Peters, M Foets

  • 1Netherlands Institute of Primary Health Care (NIVEL), Utrecht.

Social Science & Medicine (1982)
|January 1, 1990
PubMed
Summary

Most adults seek help for emotional problems, with younger, more educated individuals with higher incomes being more inclined. Help-seeking attitudes for common disorders significantly predict willingness to seek professional mental health care.

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Area of Science:

  • Social Sciences
  • Psychology
  • Public Health

Background:

  • Social selection influences mental health care service utilization.
  • Help-seeking orientation plays a role in accessing mental health services.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the orientation toward help-seeking for emotional problems.
  • To identify factors influencing the decision to seek mental health care.

Main Methods:

  • Cross-sectional study of 10,171 Dutch adults (aged 18+).
  • Analysis of demographics, socioeconomic status, locus of control, and attitudes towards mental health and general practitioners (GPs).
  • Discriminant analysis to identify predictors of help-seeking behavior.

Main Results:

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  • A majority of individuals seek help for emotional issues.
  • Younger age, higher education, higher family income, and social connections in mental health care are associated with increased help-seeking.
  • A positive help-seeking attitude for common disorders, particularly high expectations from GPs, strongly predicts seeking help for emotional problems.
  • Lower educational level differentiates individuals preferring GPs over mental health professionals.

Conclusions:

  • Help-seeking for emotional problems is common and influenced by various demographic and attitudinal factors.
  • Attitudes towards seeking help for common disorders are a key predictor of mental health service utilization.
  • Future research should utilize longitudinal data to model help-seeking orientation and social selection in mental health care.