title: Seeking psychosocial care after interpersonal violence: an integrative model.
abstract: Many people experience a traumatic event at least once in their lifetime. But only a fraction of those traumatized and in need of mental health care receive psychosocial care or treatment. This may be due to barriers people experience within the help-seeking process. The individual help-seeking process is consequently highly relevant for any mental health care for trauma survivors. Understanding why people refrain from asking for help or delay the help-seeking process is central to understanding help-seeking after traumatization. Based on empirical data and theoretical models, an integrative model of individual mental health help-seeking is developed. This integrative model delineates parameters relevant for seeking psychosocial care or refraining from it.
authors.affiliation: Freie Universität Berlin, Germany. viola_schreiber@web.de
authors.forename: Viola
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Schreiber
authors.forename: Babette
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Renneberg
authors.forename: Andreas
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Maercker
mesh_terms: D018585:Battered Women / Q000523:psychology; D019548:Crime Victims / Q000523:psychology*; D003657:Decision Making; D005260:Female; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007389:Internal-External Control; D008297:Male; D008960:Models, Psychological; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D012650:Self Disclosure; D012938:Social Perception; D012944:Social Support; D012945:Social Values; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D013179:Spouse Abuse / Q000523:psychology*; D017741:Survivors / Q000523:psychology*