MPC Member Publications

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Title: Perceived stigma and help-seeking behavior: longitudinal evidence from the healthy minds study.

Citation Type: Journal Article

Publication Year: 2009

ISSN: 1557-9700

DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.9.1254

PMID: 19723742

Abstract: OBJECTIVE Despite considerable policy interest in the association between perceived public stigmatization of mental illness and use of mental health services, limited empirical evidence, particularly from longitudinal data, documents this relationship. This study used longitudinal data to estimate the association between perceived public stigmatization and subsequent mental health care seeking. METHODS A Web-based survey was used to collect data from a random sample of undergraduate and graduate students at a university at baseline and two years later (N=732). Logistic regression models assessed the association between students' perceived public stigma at baseline and measures of subsequent help seeking for mental health problems (perceived need for help and use of mental health services) at follow-up. RESULTS No significant associations were found between perceived public stigma and help-seeking behavior over the two-year period. CONCLUSIONS In this population of college students, perceived stigma did not appear to pose a substantial barrier to mental health care.

Url: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19723742

Url: http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/articlerender.fcgi?artid=PMC2976579

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Authors: Golberstein, Ezra; Eisenberg, Daniel; Gollust, Sarah Elizabeth

Periodical (Full): Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)

Issue: 9

Volume: 60

Pages: 1254-6

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