Help-seeking

Furthermore, the predictive model drawn up by Agbayani-Siewert etal. (1999) requires these measures to be culturally appropriate and relevant because current epidemiological research uses western concepts to explain the ways psychopathological manifestations are expressed, help-seeking behaviors, the use of services and the application of treatments, and they are unable to represent the experiences of some groups. 

Cheung, F. M. Bernard, W. (1982). Situational variations of help-seeking behavior among Chinese patients. Compr. Psychiatry, 23(3), 252-62. 

Other factors, such as the availability (or lack of availability) of community resources or the ingress of managed care policies that shape clinical behavior, might be invoked to explain possible changes in prescribing and help-seeking behaviors. In addition, studies of physician attitudes as well as parent and family attitudes about medications use and usefulness are... 

With the growing use of help-seeking and reminder adverfisemenfs and with the limited information they provide to consumers, there was growing... 

In 1997, the FDA s Draft Guidance on direct-to-consumer broadcast advertisements allowed radio, television, and telephone communications to discuss the risks associated with medications differently than in reminder and help-seeking advertisements. The audio or the audio-visual components of the adverhsement had to contain a major statement of the most important risks, and adequate provisions had to be made for four additional sources for the full label information (brief summary). ... 

The FDA also permits advertising to consumers that does not mention the product name, but that identifies a disease condition and urges consumers to see their doctors. These are called help-seeking advertisements. However, the FDA is sensitive to efforts to make implicit product claims that, while not mentioning the product by name, might be understood by a reasonable consumer as referring to a particular product. 

Lin K-M, Innui TS, Kleinman A, et al Sociocultural determinants of the help-seeking behavior of patients with mental illness. J Nerv Ment... 

Friedman, Ml, Hamblen, JL, Eoa, EB, Chamey, DS. Eighting the Psychological War on Terrorism. Commentary on A National Longitudinal Study on the Psychological Consequences of the September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks Reactions, Impairment and Help Seeking. Psychiatry, 67(2) 123-136, 2004... 

Therapy must limit the scope of the problem being targeted. In each case there will be numerous marital and family relationships and environmental factors that will not be addressed, especially when they do not relate directly to the targeted behavioral-based outcome. Because of the limited nature of the therapeutic encounter, referrals are warranted to encourage clients help-seeking behavior. This is particularly important as social workers may be unable to provide the client with additional therapeutic sessions or intervention strategies. 

Pieper, G. and Maercker, A. (1999). Mascnlinity and avoidance of help seeking after job related tranma [English abstract of German language article]. Verhaltenstherapie 9 222-9. 

Protective Cocaine abstinence Help- seeking/educated/resilient Close friend/faith... 

No intent to self-harm Reasons to live Solid protective factors Good coping strategies Help-seeking... 

Willing to work with a crisis plan Help-seeking ... 

Other Discloses irrelevant past sexual history Help-seeking Other OCD S5nnptoms Hides/minimizes/normalizes/lies about sexual history Avoids help/authorities No OCD picture... 

Gain describes the different motivating factors associated with help-seeking, whether for diagnosis, treatment or admission. 

Neglect of physical health conditions (not help-seeking)... 

Specialist psychotherapy - if no immediate risk and help-seeking. Discuss with local forensic team... 

The team should positively reinforce help-seeking, e.g. through praise, empathy, offering prompt attention/l time. 

Several cultural factors may account for the discrepancy in help-seeking behaviors between Caucasian and ethnic minority families (Weisz et al., 1997). 

McMiller, W. P., Weisz, J. R. (1997). Help-seeking preceding mental health clinic intake among African-American, Latino, and Caucasian youths. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 35,1086-1094. 

Lee, F., 1997, When the going gets tough, do the tough ask for help Help seeking and power motivation in organizations. Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, ... 

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