title: Men's perceived barriers to help seeking for depression: Longitudinal findings relative to symptom onset and duration.
abstract: Men's help seeking for depression continues to gain focussed research and clinical attention. In this study, 125 men ( M = 39.02 years) provided data on perceived barriers to mental health help seeking, and self-reported depression at baseline, and 15 weeks. Longitudinal depression caseness was used to investigate group differences in perceived barriers to help seeking. Those experiencing unremitting depression reported the highest perceived help-seeking barriers. This finding was consistent over all domains of help-seeking barriers, and it was independent of previous mental health help-seeking efforts. Findings are discussed in the broader context of men's mental health and health psychology.
authors.affiliation: 1 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.|2 School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
authors.forename: Simon M
authors.initials: SM
authors.lastname: Rice
authors.affiliation: 2 School of Psychology, Australian Catholic University, Australia.
authors.forename: Helen M
authors.initials: HM
authors.lastname: Aucote
authors.affiliation: 1 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Alexandra G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Parker
authors.affiliation: 1 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Mario
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Alvarez-Jimenez
authors.affiliation: 1 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.
authors.forename: Kate M
authors.initials: KM
authors.lastname: Filia
authors.affiliation: 1 Orygen - The National Centre of Excellence in Youth Mental Health, The University of Melbourne, Australia.|3 Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.
authors.forename: G Paul
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: Amminger
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001315:Australia; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000523:psychology* / Q000628:therapy*; D006801:Humans; D008137:Longitudinal Studies; D008297:Male; D054526:Men's Health; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology*; D057566:Self Report; D013997:Time Factors; D055815:Young Adult
keywords: depression; help seeking; men; mental health; service access