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Keywords:

Attitudes, Stigma, Help-seeking, Suicide, Cross-national research, Science & Technology, Life Sciences & Biomedicine, Psychiatry, MENTAL-HEALTH-SERVICES, PERCEIVED BARRIERS, SELF-STIGMA, DEPRESSION, DISORDERS, PEOPLE, EUROPE, EPIDEMIOLOGY, BEHAVIOR, Adaptation, Psychological, Adolescent, Adult, Female, Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice, Humans, Intention, Male, Mental Disorders, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Netherlands, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Social Stigma, Socioeconomic Factors, Stereotyping, Surveys and Questionnaires, Young Adult, 1103 Clinical Sciences, 1701 Psychology, 1702 Cognitive Sciences, 4202 Epidemiology, 4206 Public health, 5203 Clinical and health psychology

Abstract:

Accessibility and availability of mental health care services are necessary but not sufficient for people to seek help for psychological problems. Attitudes and stigma related to help seeking also determine help seeking intentions. The aim of this study is to investigate how cross-national differences in attitudes and stigma within the general population are related to professional and informal help seeking intentions in low and high suicide rate regions.