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People don't seek support. we know that people obviously overcome quite a lot of psychological barriers when they seek help in a crisis. it is quite a difficult thing to do, and the feeling that they can't be helped effectively is often something that puts people off seeking help. and obviously, if they are feeling that no one will be able to offer them anything useful if confirmed, that's going to put people off further help—seeking. and i suppose in one way, you could see the fact that more people are using and calling these lines as a good thing, because reaching out during a mental healt...

Neoliberalism breeds an obsession with individual success and failure, fostering suicidal thoughts.

Aim: To critically synthesize the literature that describes men's help-seeking and engagement with general practice. Design: Integrative literature review. Data sources: CINAHL plus, Medline and APA PsycInfo were searched for papers published between 1999 and March 2021. Review methods: After screening titles and abstracts, full-text papers were screened against inclusion / exclusion criteria. All included papers were assessed for methodological quality. Findings were extracted, critically examined and synthesized into themes. Results: Twenty studies met the inclusion criteria. Thematic a...

There is evidence from around the world that rates of intimate partner violence (IPV) recorded by police have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. However, not all studies or data sources have shown a consistent increase, and it is not clear how these observed trends may have been influenced by changes in the propensity of victim-survivors to contact police during the pandemic. We use data from a large survey of women in Australia drawn from a national online research panel to examine correlates of police reporting and barriers to help-seeking among a subset of respondents who had experienc...

The present study investigated the relationships between continuum and categorical beliefs, stigma, and help-seeking in response to vignettes depicting depression and schizophrenia. Participants were 193 adolescents aged 13-18 years. Results showed no relationships between continuum beliefs and stigma or help-seeking intentions for the depression vignette when controlling for other predictors. Stronger categorical beliefs were associated with greater social distance, and endorsement of dangerousness, avoidance, and fear. For the schizophrenia vignette, higher continuum beliefs predicted lower ...