Is it okay to get help? An investigation into the stigma of mental health problems and the affect on seeking treatment
Year: 2011
Type: report
Study design: Observational Study
Abstract: The term stigma has been synonymous with mental illness since before the first studies were carried out on the subject in the late 1940’s and 1950’s. This exploratory study seeks to\ndiscover the prevalence of stigma in relation to people with mental health problems and\nsecondly, whether this has an effect on help-seeking. An online questionnaire was designed\nand distributed to a sample of the general public in order to establish public attitudes towards\nthose suffering from mental ill-health and attitudes towards the seeking of help for such\nproblems. The data that was gathered from 96 respondents who took part in this research\nsuggests that although a tolerant and positive attitude in general towards those suffering from\nmental health problems now exists, when faced with hypothetical situations which would\nactually affect an individual in their day to day life, stigma was higher. And although attitudes towards seeking help for a mental health problem were extremely positive, when faced with the possible effects this seeking of help might have on the individual, attitudes were not as positive. Author keywords: stigma, public attitudes, mental health, counselling, help-seeking
Source: eSource (Dublin Business School)
Author: Lynn Greene
Language: English
Subfield: Psychiatry and Mental health
Field: Medicine
Domain: Health Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W1505128425