Cognitive Appraisals of Specialty Mental Health Services and Their Relation to Mental Health Service Utilization in the Rural Population

Autor/inn/en	Deen, Tisha L.; Bridges, Ana J.; McGahan, Tara C.; Andrews, Arthur R., III
Titel	Cognitive Appraisals of Specialty Mental Health Services and Their Relation to Mental Health Service Utilization in the Rural Population
Quelle	In: Journal of Rural Health, 28 (2012) 2, S.142-151 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0890-765X
DOI	10.1111/j.1748-0361.2011.00375.x
Schlagwörter	Health Services; Rural Population; Psychologists; Mental Health Programs; Depression (Psychology); Social Work; Rural Urban Differences; Outcomes of Treatment; Help Seeking; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Barriers; Health Insurance; Transportation; Cultural Differences; Social Bias; Prediction; Attitude Change; Mental Disorders + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Landbevölkerung; Psychologist; Psychologe; Psychologin; Soziale Arbeit; Stadt-Land-Beziehung; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Psychiatrische Symptomatik; Krankenversicherung; Verkehrswesen; Kultureller Unterschied; Vorhersage; Attitudinal change; Einstellungsänderung; Mental illness; Geisteskrankheit
Abstract	Purpose: Rural individuals utilize specialty mental health services (eg, psychiatrists, psychologists, counselors, and social workers) at lower rates than their urban counterparts. This study explores whether cognitive appraisals (ie, individual perceptions of need for services, outcome expectancies, and value of a positive therapeutic outcome) of help-seeking for depression symptoms are related to the utilization of specialty mental health services in a rural sample. Methods: Demographic and environmental characteristics, cultural barriers, cognitive appraisals, and depression symptoms were assessed in one model predicting specialty mental health service utilization (MHSU) in a rural sample. Three hypotheses were proposed: (1) a higher number of environmental barriers (eg, lack of insurance or transportation) would predict lower specialty mental health service utilization; (2) an increase in cultural barriers (stigma, stoicism, and lack of anonymity) would predict lower specialty mental health utilization; and (3) higher cognitive appraisals of mental health services would predict specialty mental health care utilization beyond the predictive capacities of psychiatric symptoms, demographic variables, environmental barriers, and cultural barriers. Findings: Current depression symptoms significantly predicted lifetime specialty mental health service utilization. Hypotheses 1 and 2 were not supported: more environmental barriers predicted higher levels of specialty MHSU while cultural barriers did not predict specialty mental health service utilization. Hypothesis 3 was supported: cognitive appraisals significantly predicted specialty mental health service utilization. Conclusions: It will be important to target perceptions and attitudes about mental health services to reduce disparities in specialty MHSU for the rural population. (As Provided).
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