Understanding mental health help-seeking and stigma among Hungarian adults: A network perspective.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hungarians exhibit more negative attitudes toward help-seeking for mental health problems compared to other European countries. However, research on help-seeking in Hungary is limited, and it is unclear how stigma relates to help-seeking when considering demographic and clinical characteristics. We used a network analytic approach to simulate a stigma model using hypothesized constructs in a sizable sample of Hungarian adults.

Methods

Participants were 345 adults recruited from nine primary care offices across Hungary. Participants completed self-report measures assessing public stigma, self-stigma, experiential avoidance (EA), attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help, anxiety, depression, demographics, prior use of mental health services, and whet

SUBMITTER: Swisher VS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11457119 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature