TY - JOUR
KW - Attitudes
KW - co-located care
KW - Health Care Services
KW - help seeking
KW - integrated care
KW - Intention
KW - treatment utilization
AU - J. H. Hammer
AU - P. B. Perrin
AU - D. A. Spiker
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: Integrated care may offer a solution to subpar mental health referral adherence, but people's openness to receiving psychological treatment in this setting is understudied. AIMS: The present study examined the influence of the integrated care context and co-location of care on people's help-seeking perceptions. METHOD: This study (N = 397) used an experimental vignette design to compare the impact of treatment type (integrated care vs. traditional psychotherapy) and distance (close vs. far) on help-seeking perceptions. RESULTS: The integrated care environment (significant effect on perceived behavioral control) and closer proximity of the psychologist (significant effect on intention, attitudes, perceived effectiveness of treatment, self-stigma) only improved help-seeking perceptions among those with prior experience with mental health treatment. In the overall sample, treatment type and distance only demonstrated an effect among women, but not men. CONCLUSIONS: Pending replication with samples from diverse populations, these findings provide a cautionary tale about lay perceptions of integrated care's anticipated utility. However, co-location and, to a lesser degree, the common attributes of the integrated care format (e.g. team approach, flexible scheduling) may represent a potential pathway for reducing resistance to help seeking that can accompany traditional psychotherapy referrals among those with past exposure to behavioral healthcare.
BT - Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
C5 - General Literature
CY - England
DO - 10.1080/09638237.2019.1581334
JF - Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
N2 - BACKGROUND: Integrated care may offer a solution to subpar mental health referral adherence, but people's openness to receiving psychological treatment in this setting is understudied. AIMS: The present study examined the influence of the integrated care context and co-location of care on people's help-seeking perceptions. METHOD: This study (N = 397) used an experimental vignette design to compare the impact of treatment type (integrated care vs. traditional psychotherapy) and distance (close vs. far) on help-seeking perceptions. RESULTS: The integrated care environment (significant effect on perceived behavioral control) and closer proximity of the psychologist (significant effect on intention, attitudes, perceived effectiveness of treatment, self-stigma) only improved help-seeking perceptions among those with prior experience with mental health treatment. In the overall sample, treatment type and distance only demonstrated an effect among women, but not men. CONCLUSIONS: Pending replication with samples from diverse populations, these findings provide a cautionary tale about lay perceptions of integrated care's anticipated utility. However, co-location and, to a lesser degree, the common attributes of the integrated care format (e.g. team approach, flexible scheduling) may represent a potential pathway for reducing resistance to help seeking that can accompany traditional psychotherapy referrals among those with past exposure to behavioral healthcare.
PP - England
PY - 2019
SN - 1360-0567; 0963-8237
SP - 1
EP - 6
EP - 
T1 - Impact of integrated care and co-location of care on mental help-seeking perceptions
T2 - Journal of mental health (Abingdon, England)
TI - Impact of integrated care and co-location of care on mental help-seeking perceptions
U1 - General Literature
U2 - 30862218
U3 - 10.1080/09638237.2019.1581334
VO - 1360-0567; 0963-8237
Y1 - 2019
ER -