Understanding Men's Engagement and Disengagement When Seeking Support for Mental Health.

ABSTRACT: Men are less likely to utilize health care services compared with women. When it comes to mental health, men have been reported to hold more reluctant attitudes toward engaging with mental health services. Current studies have predominantly been quantitative and focused on understanding effective strategies to promote men's engagement and why men may avoid help-seeking or may not seek help early; few studies exist of men's disengagement from services. Much of this research has been undertaken from the services' perspective. The study reported here attempts to gain better insight into the reasons men give for their disengagement from mental health services and what men say will reengage them back into the system. This research was a secondary analysis of data collected by a national survey

SUBMITTER: Kwon M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9996733 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar-Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature