SynthesisPloS one2017
Factors associated with help-seeking behaviour among individuals with major depression: A systematic review.
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Who cites it
117 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 313 citations in OpenAlex.
- People Who Die by Suicide Without Receiving Mental Health Services: A Systematic Review.Frontiers in public health · 2021Pooled it
- Factors associated with health service utilisation for common mental disorders: a systematic review.BMC psychiatry · 2018Pooled it
- Effects of Remotely Delivered and Web-Based Interventions on Depression Severity During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 3-Arm Randomized Controlled Trial.JMIR mental health · 2026Trial
- Do illness beliefs predict uptake of depression treatment after web-based depression screening? A secondary analysis of the DISCOVER RCT.BMJ mental health · 2025Trial
- The help-seeking process and predictors of mental health care use among individuals with depressive symptoms: a machine learning approach.Frontiers in public health · 2024Trial
- Assessing the role of depression in reducing intimate partner violence perpetration among young men living in urban informal settlements using a mediation analysis of the Stepping Stones and Creating Futures intervention.Global health action · 2023Trial
- The Seeking Mental Health Care model: prediction of help-seeking for depressive symptoms by stigma and mental illness representations.BMC public health · 2023Trial
- Psychometric Evaluation of the Motivators and Resources for Trauma Recovery (I- MOVE) Scale Among Gender-Based Violence Survivors.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- No utilization without subjective need - a mixed-methods study on guideline-compliant mental health care for individuals with depressive symptoms.BMC health services research · 2026Article
- Therapy and Antidepressant Use in 8- to 29-Year-Old Autistic Medicaid Enrollees With Depression.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2026Article
- Parental Attachment and Mental Health Literacy in Young Adults: The Mediational Role of Emotional Regulation on Well-Being and Psychopathological.Scandinavian journal of psychology · 2026Article
- Help-Seeking Behavior of Adults with Adverse Childhood Experiences in Rural China.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- The Role of Non-stigmatizing Attitudes Toward Peers With Mental Health Problems in Shaping Adolescents' Attitudes Toward Professional Psychological Help-Seeking.The Psychiatric quarterly · 2026Article
- Risk of Safety Events in Vitiligo Patients: A Retrospective Real-World Data Study in the US.The Journal of dermatology · 2026Article
- Sexual orientation differences in mental health service use and unmet mental health care needs: a cross-sectional population-based study of young adults.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2026Article
- Teletherapy Post-COVID-19: Comparisons With In-Person Client Characteristics and Service Utilization in Routine Practice.Journal of clinical psychology · 2026Article
- Anxiety and depression in emerging adults: The STAND program as a model of scalable screening and intervention.Neuropsychopharmacology : official publication of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology · 2026Review
- A pre-treatment comparison of referral pathways to guided ICBT for depression and anxiety disorders - A naturalistic study in routine clinical care.Frontiers in digital health · 2026Article
- Characterizing unmet mental health need and barriers to seeking services among youth.Cogent mental health · 2026Article
- Anxiety and depressive disorders in the offspring of mothers with perinatal depressive disorders.European child & adolescent psychiatry · 2025Article
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4 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
Psychological models can help to understand why many people suffering from major depression do not seek help. Using the 'Behavioral Model of Health Services Use', this study systematically reviewed the literature on the characteristics associated with help-seeking behaviour in adults with major depression. Articles were identified by systematically searching the MEDLINE, EMBASE and PsycInfo databases and relevant reference lists. Observational studies investigating the associations between individual or contextual characteristics and professional help-seeking behaviour for emotional problems in adults formally diagnosed with major depression were included. The quality of the included studies was assessed, and factors associated with help-seeking behaviour were qualitatively synthesized. In total, 40 studies based on 26 datasets were included. Several studies investigated predisposing (age (N = 17), gender (N = 16), ethnicity (N = 9), education (N = 11), marital status (N = 12)), enabling (income (N = 12)), need (severity (N = 14), duration (N = 9), number of depressive episodes (N = 6), psychiatric comorbidity (N = 10)) and contextual factors (area (N = 8)). Socio-demographic and need factors appeared to influence help-seeking behaviour. Although existing studies provide insight into the characteristics associated with help seeking for major depression, cohort studies and research on beliefs about, barriers to and perceived need for treatment are lacking. Based on this review, interventions to increase help-seeking behaviour can be designed.
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