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      Gender differences in psychological help-seeking attitudes: a case in Türkiye

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          Background/aim

          Mental disorders pose a substantial public health challenge within the overall disease burden. This study aims to determine the factors associated with seeking psychological help among individuals experiencing depression according to gender differences in Türkiye.

          Methods

          The study utilized microdata from Türkiye Health Survey conducted by the Turkish Statistical Institute in 2016, 2019, and 2022. Binary logistic regression analysis was employed to determine the factors associated with seeking psychological help.

          Results

          The study’s findings reveal that variables such as survey year, age, education level, employment status, general health status, disease status, depression status, day service status in the hospital, daily activity status, tobacco use status, and alcohol use status are associated with the status of receiving psychological help.

          Conclusion

          Gender-specific analysis indicated variations in the significance and impact of these variables among individuals seeking psychological help. In the development of preventive strategies for mental health protection, special attention should be given to factors associated with the psychological help-seeking behavior of both women and men. Prioritizing and addressing these factors will contribute to more effective mental health interventions.

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          Age, gender, and the underutilization of mental health services: the influence of help-seeking attitudes.

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          The objectives of this study were to explore age and gender differences in attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, and to examine whether attitudes negatively influence intentions to seek help among older adults and men, whose mental health needs are underserved. To achieve these objectives 206 community-dwelling adults completed questionnaires measuring help-seeking attitudes, psychiatric symptomatology, prior help-seeking, and intentions to seek help. Older age and female gender were associated with more positive help-seeking attitudes in this sample, although age and gender interacted with marital status and education, and had varying influences on different attitude components. Age and gender also influenced intentions to seek professional psychological help. Women exhibited more favourable intentions to seek help from mental health professionals than men, likely due to their positive attitudes concerning psychological openness. Older adults exhibited more favourable intentions to seek help from primary care physicians than younger adults, a finding that was not explained by age differences in attitudes. Results from this study suggest that negative attitudes related to psychological openness might contribute to men's underutilization of mental health services. Help-seeking attitudes do not appear to be a barrier to seeking professional help among older adults, although their intentions to visit primary care physicians might be. These findings suggest the need for education to improve men's help-seeking attitudes and to enhance older adults' willingness to seek specialty mental health services.
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              Stigma about Depression and its Impact on Help-Seeking Intentions

              Lisa J Barney, Kathleen M Griffiths, Anthony F. Jorm … (2016)
              Research has shown that people are reluctant to seek professional help for depression, especially from mental health professionals. This may be because of the impact of stigma which can involve people's own responses to depression and help-seeking (self stigma) as well as their perceptions of others' negative responses (perceived stigma). The aim of this article was to examine community help-seeking intentions and stigmatizing beliefs associated with depression.
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                Esra Güney: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2648879/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Ahmet Fatih Aydemir: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/2431658/overviewRole: Role: Role:
                Neslihan Iyit: Role: Role: Role: Role:
                Ömer Alkan: URI : https://loop.frontiersin.org/people/1704552/overviewRole: Role: Role: Role:
                Journal
                Journal ID (nlm-ta): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (iso-abbrev): Front Psychol
                Journal ID (publisher-id): Front. Psychol.
                Title: Frontiers in Psychology
                Publisher: Frontiers Media S.A.
                ISSN (Electronic): 1664-1078
                Publication date (Electronic): 07 March 2024
                Publication date Collection: 2024
                Volume: 15
                Electronic Location Identifier: 1289435
                Affiliations
                [1] 1Department of Econometrics, Faculty of Political Sciences, Sakarya University , Sakarya, Türkiye
                [2] 2Department of International Trade and Logistics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ataturk University , Erzurum, Türkiye
                [3] 3Department of Statistics, Faculty of Science, Selçuk University , Konya, Türkiye
                [4] 4Department of Econometrics, Faculty of Economics and Administrative Sciences, Ataturk University , Erzurum, Türkiye
                [5] 5Master Araştırma Eğitim ve Danışmanlık Hizmetleri Ltd. Şti. , Erzurum, Türkiye
                Author notes

                Edited by: Ana Fonseca, University of Coimbra, Portugal

                Reviewed by: Rae Yule Kim, Montclair State University, United States

                Nada Eltaiba, German Jordanian University, Jordan

                *Correspondence: Ömer Alkan, oalkan@ 123456atauni.edu.tr

                †These authors have contributed equally to this work

                ‡ORCID: Esra Güney, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4043-8301

                Ahmet Fatih Aydemir, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7061-1929

                Neslihan Iyit, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5727-6441

                Ömer Alkan, https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3814-3539

                Article
                DOI: 10.3389/fpsyg.2024.1289435
                PMC ID: 10954894
                PubMed ID: 38515972
                SO-VID: 7188fe95-ae99-4a88-8a28-f3338761a412
                Copyright © Copyright © 2024 Güney, Aydemir, Iyit and Alkan.
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                This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY). The use, distribution or reproduction in other forums is permitted, provided the original author(s) and the copyright owner(s) are credited and that the original publication in this journal is cited, in accordance with accepted academic practice. No use, distribution or reproduction is permitted which does not comply with these terms.

                History
                Date received : 06 September 2023
                Date accepted : 26 February 2024
                Page count
                Figures: 1, Tables: 3, Equations: 0, References: 87, Pages: 12, Words: 9264
                Funding
                The author(s) declare that no financial support was received for the research, authorship, and/or publication of this article.
                Categories
                Subject: Psychology
                Subject: Original Research
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                section-at-acceptance Gender, Sex and Sexualities

                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: psychological help-seeking,gender differences,public health,binary logistic regression,türkiye
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                ScienceOpen disciplines: Clinical Psychology & Psychiatry
                Keywords: psychological help-seeking, gender differences, public health, binary logistic regression, türkiye

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