Help-Seeking Patterns Among the General Population in Singapore: Results from the Singapore Mental Health Study 2016.

ABSTRACT: This study aimed to establish lifetime mental health service utilisation among the general population of Singapore. The sociodemographic correlates of those seeking help from different service provider groups and changes in lifetime mental health service utilisation between 2010 and 2016 among those with mental disorders were also explored. A population-based cross-sectional epidemiological household survey of the Singapore resident population aged 18 years and above was conducted from 2016 to 2018, using the World Mental Health Composite International Diagnostic Interview (CIDI) version 3.0. Data from two cross-sectional population-based studies were used for comparison of lifetime mental health service utilisation in 2010 (n = 6616) and 2016 (n = 6126). Chi square test and multiple logis

SUBMITTER: Shafie S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8192323 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature