Reluctance to seek professional help among suicidal people: results from the Swiss Health Survey

Abstract

Objectives: To investigate whether help-negation (not accepting or accessing available helping resources) among suicidal people can also be found in a Swiss sample. Methods: Data on 16,640 participants (aged 15 and older) from the Swiss Health Survey 2012 was analyzed. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to study the association between suicidality (categorized into “not at all”; “several days”; and “more than half of the days”) and currently being in treatment for depression (covariates: depression and socio-demographic variables). Results: Less than 1/3 of the participants with the highest level of suicidality were currently in treatment (males: 27.0 %; females: 29.6 %). Participan..