Nina Schnyder|Radoslaw Panczak|Nicola Groth|Frauke Schultze?Lutter
Association between mental health-related stigma and active help-seeking: Systematic review and meta-analysis
University of Bern|Institute of Social and Preventive Medicine|University of Bern|University of Bern|University of Bern
backgroundmental disorders create high individual societal costs burden partly helpseeking often delayed completely avoided stigma related mental disorders mental health services regarded main reason insufficient helpseekingaimsto estimate impact four stigma types helpseeking attitudes personal self perceived public stigma active helpseeking general populationmethoda systematic review three electronic databases followed random effect metaanalyses according stigma typesresultstwentyseven studies fulfilled eligibility criteria participants negative attitudes towards mental health helpseeking 080 95 ci 073088 stigmatising attitudes towards people mental illness 082 95 ci 069098 associated less active helpseeking selfstigma showed insignificant association 088 95 ci 076103 whereas perceived public stigma associatedconclusionspersonal attitudes towards mental illness helpseeking associated active helpseeking mental problems campaigns promoting helpseeking means fighting mental illnessrelated stigma target personal attitudes rather broad public opinions