Care-seeking behavior and disclosure on self-reported mental health among young women in urban Shanghai, China

Mental health is a major public health concern in China. Help-seeking behavior typically does not involve professionals. Aim of the study was to assess Shanghai women’s care-seeking behavior for common mental health disorders. Using an online survey, fielding questions regarding perinatal mental hea...

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Autores principales: Schwank, Simone Eliane, Andersson, Ewa, Wickberg, Birgitta, Fu, Shih-Chien, Ding, Yan, Lindgren, Helena
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: SAGE Publications 2020
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Report of Empirical Study
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7005976/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32082605
http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102919897382
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author Schwank, Simone Eliane
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description Mental health is a major public health concern in China. Help-seeking behavior typically does not involve professionals. Aim of the study was to assess Shanghai women’s care-seeking behavior for common mental health disorders. Using an online survey, fielding questions regarding perinatal mental health status and help-seeking behavior. A total of 487 women participated. One fifth of participants reporting badwell-being did not seek help for mental distress. A total of 82.2 percent seek online support. A majority entrusted in family and avoided professional contact. Mother-in-laws were the least trusted source of support. Shanghai women avoid seeking professional help for mental health issues. Friends, spouses, and online resources are preferred venues.
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spelling pubmed-70059762020-02-20 Care-seeking behavior and disclosure on self-reported mental health among young women in urban Shanghai, China Schwank, Simone Eliane Andersson, Ewa Wickberg, Birgitta Fu, Shih-Chien Ding, Yan Lindgren, Helena Health Psychol Open Report of Empirical Study Mental health is a major public health concern in China. Help-seeking behavior typically does not involve professionals. Aim of the study was to assess Shanghai women’s care-seeking behavior for common mental health disorders. Using an online survey, fielding questions regarding perinatal mental health status and help-seeking behavior. A total of 487 women participated. One fifth of participants reporting badwell-being did not seek help for mental distress. A total of 82.2 percent seek online support. A majority entrusted in family and avoided professional contact. Mother-in-laws were the least trusted source of support. Shanghai women avoid seeking professional help for mental health issues. Friends, spouses, and online resources are preferred venues. SAGE Publications 2020-02-06 /pmc/articles/PMC7005976/ /pubmed/32082605 http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/2055102919897382 Text en © The Author(s) 2020 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/) which permits non-commercial use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
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