Gender-related patterns and determinants of recent help-seeking for past-year affective, anxiety and substance use disorders: Findings from a national epidemiological survey

MG Harris; AJ Baxter; N Reavley; S Diminic; J Pirkis; HA Whiteford

Journal article

Gender-related patterns and determinants of recent help-seeking for past-year affective, anxiety and substance use disorders: Findings from a national epidemiological survey

MG Harris, AJ Baxter, N Reavley, S Diminic, J Pirkis, HA Whiteford

Epidemiology and Psychiatric Sciences | Published : 2016

DOI: 10.1017/S2045796015000876

Abstract

Aims. To examine: (1) gender-specific determinants of help-seeking for mental health, including health professional consultation and the use of non-clinical support services and self-management strategies (SS/SM) and; (2) gender differences among individuals with unmet perceived need for care. Method. Analyses focused on 689 males and 1075 females aged 16-85 years who met ICD-10 criteria for a past-year affective, anxiety or substance use disorder in an Australian community-representative survey. Two classifications of help-seeking for mental health in the previous year were created: (1) no health professional consultation or SS/SM, or health professional consultation, or SS/SM only, and; (2..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This project was supported by the Movember Foundation and the NHMRC Centre for Research Excellence in Mental Health Systems Improvement (APP1041131). The 2007 NSMHWB was funded by the Australian Government Department of Health and Ageing, and conducted by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.