Men's perceived barriers to help seeking for depression: Longitudinal findings relative to symptom onset and duration

Simon M Rice; Helen M Aucote; Alexandra G Parker; Mario Alvarez-Jimenez; Kate M Filia; G Paul Amminger

doi:10.1177/1359105315605655

Men's perceived barriers to help seeking for depression: Longitudinal findings relative to symptom onset and duration

J Health Psychol. 2017 Apr;22(5):529-536. doi: 10.1177/1359105315605655. Epub 2015 Sep 21.

Authors

Simon M Rice^{1

2}, Helen M Aucote², Alexandra G Parker¹, Mario Alvarez-Jimenez¹, Kate M Filia¹, G Paul Amminger^{1

3}

Affiliations

¹ 1 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
² 2 School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
³ 3 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.

PMID: 26391789
DOI: 10.1177/1359105315605655

Abstract

Men's help seeking for depression continues to gain focussed research and clinical attention. In this study, 125 men ( M = 39.02 years) provided data on perceived barriers to mental health help seeking, and self-reported depression at baseline, and 15 weeks. Longitudinal depression caseness was used to investigate group differences in perceived barriers to help seeking. Those experiencing unremitting depression reported the highest perceived help-seeking barriers. This finding was consistent over all domains of help-seeking barriers, and it was independent of previous mental health help-seeking efforts. Findings are discussed in the broader context of men's mental health and health psychology.

Keywords: depression; help seeking; men; mental health; service access.

Publication types

Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Adolescent
Adult
Aged
Australia
Depressive Disorder / psychology*
Depressive Disorder / therapy*
Humans
Longitudinal Studies
Male
Men's Health*
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care / psychology*
Self Report
Time Factors
Young Adult