Department of Psychology, Palo Alto University, Palo Alto, California (all authors); Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco (Leykin).
Psychiatr Serv. 2020 Apr 1;71(4):393-396. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.201900190. Epub 2019 Dec 11.
The aim of this study was to examine whether people who screened positive for depression were more likely to have sought treatment if they had personal knowledge of other individuals with emotional or mental problems or of individuals who have sought treatment for them.
Participants who screened positive for current major depression (N=239) via an Internet-based depression screening study completed an online survey about seeking treatment for depression.
After the authors controlled for social support, stigma, and demographic variables, analyses showed that individuals who personally knew someone with emotional or mental problems either within or outside of their family were more likely to themselves have sought treatment for depression. The same was true for those who personally knew someone-again either within or outside of their family-who had sought treatment for emotional or mental problems.
Personal knowledge of others with emotional problems or who had sought treatment for them may play a role in decisions about one's own treatment.
本研究旨在探讨如果个人了解有情绪或心理问题的其他人，或者了解其他人曾为此寻求过治疗，那么那些抑郁筛查呈阳性的人是否更有可能寻求治疗。
通过一项基于互联网的抑郁筛查研究，对筛查出当前患有重度抑郁症的参与者（N=239）进行了在线调查，了解他们是否寻求过抑郁症治疗。
在作者控制了社会支持、污名和人口统计学变量后，分析表明，个人认识有情绪或心理问题的人，无论是在家庭内部还是外部，自己更有可能寻求抑郁症治疗。对于那些认识有情绪或心理问题并曾为此寻求治疗的人，情况也是如此。
个人对有情绪问题或曾寻求治疗的其他人的了解可能会影响个人对自身治疗的决策。
