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Age-related concomitants of obtaining mental health care in adulthood
Erin L Woodhead1, Ruth Cronkite, Rudolf Moos
1VA Palo Alto GRECC, Palo Alto, CA, USA. Erin.Woodhead@sjsu.edu
Objective:
To examine the associations between predisposing and need factors and receipt of mental health care and to examine age as a moderator of these associations.
Methods:
Participants (N=521) were surveyed as part of a larger study on health and adaptation.
Results:
Obtaining mental health care was predicted by more reliance on approach coping, and more depressive and medical symptoms. Interactions of age x depressive symptoms and age x gender revealed that middle-aged adults with more depressive symptoms and middle-aged men were less likely to obtain care.
Conclusions:
Middle-aged men and middle-aged adults with depression may not be obtaining needed mental health care.
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