ten Have M, de Graaf R, Ormel J, Vilagut G, Kovess V, Alonso J
Trimbosinstituut, Utrecht.
Tijdschr Psychiatr. 2010;52(4):205-17.
Little is known about attitudes to seeking help from mental health care professionals.
To investigate these attitudes and their correlates, and find out whether these attitudes are associated with the use of care services.
Data were derived from the European Study of Epidemiology of Mental Disorders, a survey that is representative of the adult population of six countries (n = 8,796).
Almost a third of respondents were of the opinion that professional help was worse than or equivalent to no help at all, in relation to serious psychiatric problems. Females, respondents under the age of 65, with a higher income, living in Spain or Italy, with a mood disorder, and those who had previously sought mental health care, more often stated that they would seek professional help if beset by a serious mental health problem. All these groups, except for the younger than 65, also reported more often that they would feel comfortable discussing mental health problems with a professional or that they were receiving this kind of help. All these attitudes were associated with an increased chance that persons would use professional help if beset by mental health problems.
Definite steps need to be taken to increase the visibility and credibility of the mental health services.
人们对向心理健康护理专业人员寻求帮助的态度了解甚少。
调查这些态度及其相关因素，并了解这些态度是否与护理服务的使用有关。
数据来自欧洲精神障碍流行病学研究，该调查代表了六个国家的成年人口（n = 8796）。
近三分之一的受访者认为，对于严重的精神问题，专业帮助比完全不寻求帮助更糟或效果相当。女性、65岁以下的受访者、收入较高者、居住在西班牙或意大利者、患有情绪障碍者以及那些曾寻求过心理健康护理的人，更常表示如果面临严重的心理健康问题，他们会寻求专业帮助。除了65岁以下的人群外，所有这些群体也更常表示他们会愿意与专业人员讨论心理健康问题，或者他们正在接受这种帮助。所有这些态度都与人们在面临心理健康问题时使用专业帮助的可能性增加有关。
需要采取明确措施来提高心理健康服务的知名度和可信度。
