What Stops People from Seeking Behavioral Healthcare When They Need It?
Members of the HAMMER Lab talk about popular theoretical models that have been used to understand what helps or stops people from getting professional psychological health care when they could benefit from it, as well as some specific populations (women, couples) that some members of our lab are starting to focus their research on. This presentation was an informal dry run of an invited talk presented to our colleagues across campus in the UK Clinical Psychology program.
Clickable Table of Contents:
00:45 Seeking help from who?
01:35 What kind of help?
01:55 Anderson’s model
04:15 Levanthal’s model
07:00 Pescolido model
13:09 Ajzen’s theory
16:25 Distal variables
17:09 Contextual factors
21:05 Stigmas
22:30 Women and help seeking
24:27 Gender
27:35 Men and help seeking
29:50 What about women?
35:15 Help seeking for romantic relationships
36:07 Couple’s help seeking
42:18 Gaps and next steps