Help-seeking behaviours for psychological distress amongst Chinese patients.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The stepped care model for psychological distress has been promoted in recent years, leading to the enhancing roles of primary care professionals and alternative sources of help. However, most of the research findings come from Western countries. This study investigates help-seeking behaviours of Chinese patients among different types of professional and alternative sources for psychological distress in Hong Kong.

Methods

A questionnaire survey was conducted with 1626 adult primary care attenders from 13 private and 6 public clinics, 650 (40.0%) reported that they had ever experienced psychological distress. Their help-seeking behaviours, demographic background and current distress level (measured by GHQ-12) were analysed.

Results

Among the respondents with

SUBMITTER: Sun KS 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5624640 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature