caa a22 4500 445849231 CHVBK 20180317145408.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20111001xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10597-011-9404-y doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10597-011-9404-y Attitudes Toward Help-Seeking and Duration of Untreated Mental Disorders in a Sectorized Athens Area of Greece [Elektronische Daten] [Michael Madianos, Aphroditi Zartaloudi, George Alevizopoulos, Theofanis Katostaras] The purpose of the present study was to investigate the association of opinions towards seeking psychiatric help with the duration of untreated mental disorders in a sectorized Athens area, served by a Community Mental Health Centre. The sample consisted of 134 individuals who had sought help from health or mental health non sectorized services prior to their visit to the Centre (group A) and 156 individuals whose visit to the Center was their first ever contact with a mental health service (group B). Opinions were assessed by the "Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help scale. Both groups were selected from a total of 1,008 individuals who had visited the Centre in four consecutive years. The duration of untreated mental disorders was found to be shorter in group A compared to group B. Males and females of both groups, who had visited the Centre in a time period shorter than 12months since the onset of their psychopathology, expressed more positive views towards help-seeking, compared to their counterparts with longer duration of untreated mental disorder. The variables of gender (females), age at symptom onset (younger) and education (higher) predicted a shorter duration without psychiatric treatment and more positive views about the necessity of help-seeking. More severe type of diagnoses was associated with shorter durations before accessing care. Our findings underline that mental health awareness programs are clearly required in order to strengthen the early recognition of the need for help- seeking. The development of liaison and outreach activities could also prevent prolonged delays in psychiatric treatment. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Opinions nationallicence Community mental health nationallicence Delays nationallicence Treatment nationallicence Madianos Michael The School of Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Zografou Community Mental Health Center, University of Athens, 42 Davaki-Pindou Street, 157 73, Athens, Greece aut Zartaloudi Aphroditi Department of Psychiatry, Sismanoglion General Hospital, Athens, Greece aut Alevizopoulos George The School of Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Zografou Community Mental Health Center, University of Athens, 42 Davaki-Pindou Street, 157 73, Athens, Greece aut Katostaras Theofanis Department of Public Health Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Athens, Athens, Greece aut Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/5(2011-10-01), 583-593 0010-3853 47:5<583 2011 47 10597 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9404-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-011-9404-y text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Madianos Michael The School of Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Zografou Community Mental Health Center, University of Athens, 42 Davaki-Pindou Street, 157 73, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zartaloudi Aphroditi Department of Psychiatry, Sismanoglion General Hospital, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Alevizopoulos George The School of Health Sciences, Department of Mental Health and Behavioral Sciences, Zografou Community Mental Health Center, University of Athens, 42 Davaki-Pindou Street, 157 73, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Katostaras Theofanis Department of Public Health Faculty of Nursing, School of Health Sciences, University of Athens, Athens, Greece aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Community Mental Health Journal Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 47/5(2011-10-01), 583-593 0010-3853 47:5<583 2011 47 10597 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer