Table 2 Reasons for avoidance of professional help-seeking by subgroup
From: Non-professional-help-seeking among young people with depression: a qualitative study
Female diagnosis | Female distress | Female control | Male diagnosis | Male distress | Male control | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Normalization of the problem | 4 | 12.9% | 5 | 16.1% | 11 | 35.5% | 5 | 16.1% | 2 | 6.5% | 4 | 12.9% | 31 |
Stigma | 8 | 28.6% | 4 | 14.3% | 7 | 25.0% | 3 | 10.7% | 4 | 14.3% | 2 | 7.1% | 28 |
Fear of receiving a diagnosis | 7 | 25.9% | 8 | 29.6% | 5 | 18.5% | 2 | 7.4% | 3 | 11.1% | 2 | 7.4% | 27 |
Professional help not needed | 2 | 8.3% | 2 | 8.3% | 13 | 54.2% | 2 | 8.3% | 3 | 12.5% | 2 | 8.3% | 24 |
Self-reliance | 4 | 16.7% | 3 | 12.5% | 4 | 16.7% | 5 | 20.8% | 4 | 16.7% | 4 | 16.7% | 24 |
Prefer to rely on social network | 9 | 42.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 7 | 33.3% | 3 | 14.3% | 2 | 9.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 21 |
Shame | 7 | 41.2% | 2 | 11.8% | 4 | 23.5% | 1 | 5.9% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 17.6% | 17 |
Denial | 7 | 50.0% | 1 | 7.1% | 2 | 14.3% | 1 | 7.1% | 2 | 14.3% | 1 | 7.1% | 14 |
Lack of faith in treatment | 6 | 42.9% | 3 | 21.4% | 2 | 14.3% | 1 | 7.1% | 1 | 7.1% | 1 | 7.1% | 14 |
Problems of accessibility | 3 | 37.5% | 2 | 25.0% | 1 | 12.5% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 25.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 8 |
Protocol-driven therapeutic approach | 3 | 42.9% | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 14.3% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 14.3% | 1 | 14.3% | 7 |
Lack of knowledge about services available | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 40.0% | 1 | 20.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | 40.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 |