title: An Examination of Fathers' Mental Health Help Seeking: A Brief Report.
abstract: Fathers' mental health help seeking is an understudied area. Using participants (N = 1,989) from the Fragile Families and Child Wellbeing Study, this study hypothesized that few fathers would seek mental health services; and increases in anxiety, depression, and parental stress would predict less mental health help seeking. Only 3.2% of the participants reported seeking mental health counseling. Among the three independent variables, only depression emerged as a significant factor that predicted less mental health help-seeking behaviors in fathers. Future research and clinical efforts need to better understand the low rates of help seeking and to identify pathways that facilitate positive mental health help seeking among fathers.
authors.affiliation: Graduate Psychology Programs, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA aisacco@chatham.edu.
authors.forename: Anthony
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Isacco
authors.affiliation: Graduate Psychology Programs, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Hofscher
authors.affiliation: Graduate Psychology Programs, Chatham University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
authors.forename: Sonia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Molloy
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D001007:Anxiety / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D001294:Attitude to Health; D003863:Depression / Q000517:prevention & control / Q000523:psychology*; D005220:Fathers / Q000523:psychology*; D000066505:Help-Seeking Behavior; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: counseling fathers; depression; fathers; help seeking; mental health