How do attitudes toward mental health treatment vary by age, gender, and ethnicity/race in young adults?

Gonzalez, Jodi M.; Alegrı́a, Margarita; Prihoda, Thomas J.

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“…Mackenzie, Gekoski, & Knox, 2006; ten Have et al, 2010) and being Caucasian (Ward, Wiltshire, Detry, & Brown, 2013) was correlated with more favourable attitudes. Young adults were reported to have less positive attitudes towards seeking professional help than older adults (Gonzalez, Alegria, & Prihoda, 2005; Robb, Haley, Becker, Polivka, & Chwa, 2003). Older adults have generally more positive attitudes, but they prefer physicians instead of specialized mental health services (James & Buttle, 2008; Mackenzie et al, 2006).…”

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Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

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Knefel

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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Background: Although effective treatments exist, many trauma survivors delay or avoid professional help. Attitudes towards help-seeking are associated with intentions to and actual treatment use, but were neglected in research on trauma survivors so far. Objective: This study aimed to investigate the reliability, construct validity, and predictive power of the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services (IASMHS) and to investigate attitudes of adult institutional abuse survivors. Method: A total of 220 adult survivors of institutional abuse were interviewed using IASMHS, the PTSD Checklist for DSM-5 (PCL-5), the Childhood Trauma Questionnaire Short-Form (CTQ-SF), the Life Events Checklist (LEC-5), and the depression-subscale of the Brief Symptom Inventory (BSI-18). They were further asked about their current mental health service use. We assessed the fit of different models of IASMHS with confirmatory factor analyses and predicted current mental health service use with a binominal logistic regression model. Results: The three-factor structure of IASMHS provided the best fit. One of the three scales (help-seeking propensity), the PTSD-intrusion scale, and the depression scale significantly contributed to the prediction of current mental health service use. Single items of the psychological openness scale loaded weakly on the according factor. Our sample showed a similar IASMHS profile compared to other samples with mental health problems. Conclusion: Overall, IASMHS appears to be a useful instrument to assess attitudes towards seeking mental health services in trauma survivors. It can be used to investigate help-seeking attitudes and its correlates to better understand and facilitate survivors’ treatment use.

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Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

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Knefel

2017

European Journal of Psychotraumatology

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“…In comparison to an adult population, adolescents (age 15-17) and young adults (age 18-25) had the lowest attitudes toward willingness to seek treatment for mental health issues among individuals aged 15 to 54 years old (Gonzalez et al, 2005). However, during the adolescent period there are differing results within the literature; some studies suggest that later adolescents are more willing to seek treatment, yet others suggest the opposite trend (Zwaanswijk, Verhaak, Bensing, van der Ende, & Verhulst, 2003).…”

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“…In regard to age differences, there appears to be greater negativity toward mental health professionals among adolescents and younger adults, which decreases with age suggesting adults on average, are more willing to seek services (Gonzalez, Alegria, & Prihoda, 2005).…”

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What Happens in Therapy? Adolescents’ Expectations and Perceptions of Psychotherapy

Stewart

2012

J Child Fam Stud

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“…Compared to women, men are less likely to seek mental health and psychiatric services. 33 This finding may be due to less access to care, a negative attitude towards mental health treatment, 34 or difficulty identifying and labeling emotional problems. 35 These limiting factors may be less likely among older adults; con…”

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Age-Related Concomitants of Obtaining Mental Health Care in Adulthood

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How do attitudes toward mental health treatment vary by age, gender, and ethnicity/race in young adults?

Cited by 188 publications

References 53 publications

Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

Investigating institutional abuse survivors’ help-seeking attitudes with the Inventory of Attitudes towards Seeking Mental Health Services

What Happens in Therapy? Adolescents’ Expectations and Perceptions of Psychotherapy

Age-Related Concomitants of Obtaining Mental Health Care in Adulthood

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