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Theory in psychology
Help-seeking theory postulates that people follow a series of predictable steps to seek help for their inadequacies. It is a series of well-ordered and purposeful cognitive and behavioral steps, each leading to specific types of solutions. Wikipedia →
🧭 Start here: a 6-step reading path
- Read the overview: Help-seekingA 5-minute orientation
- Skim a recent paper: Trends in college student mental health and help-seeking by race/ethnicity: Findings from the national healthy minds study, 2013–2021Influential work since 2022
- Pick up a classic book: Owl Diaries Eva's Treetop FestivalThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic reviewCited 2,700 times
- Go sideways: Self-regulated learningA closely related topic
- Go sideways: MetacognitionA closely related topic
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🗂️ The subject at a glance
🏆 Landmark papers (most cited)
Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review
What is the impact of mental health-related stigma on help-seeking? A systematic review of quantitative and qualitative studies
Men, masculinity, and the contexts of help seeking.
Mental Health Problems and Help-Seeking Behavior Among College Students
Men and health help‐seeking behaviour: literature review
Young people’s help-seeking for mental health problems
Epidemiology of insomnia: Prevalence, self-help treatments, consultations, and determinants of help-seeking behaviors
The role of masculinity in men's help-seeking for depression: A systematic review
🆕 Influential since 2022
Trends in college student mental health and help-seeking by race/ethnicity: Findings from the national healthy minds study, 2013–2021
Intimate Partner Violence and Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and Immigrant Women: A Qualitative Metasynthesis of Global Research
Barriers and facilitators of older adults for professional mental health help-seeking: a systematic review
Global prevalence of help‐seeking for problem gambling: A systematic review and meta‐analysis
Mental illness and help-seeking behaviours among Middle Eastern cultures: A systematic review and meta-synthesis of qualitative data
📚 Books worth reading
Owl Diaries Eva's Treetop FestivalRebecca Elliott · 2015
Help seeking in academic settingsStuart A. Karabenick, Richard S. Newman · 2006
Strategic help seekingStuart A. Karabenick · 1998- 📕I Just Want to Do It My Way!Julia Cook, Kelsey De Weerd · 2013
- 📕Selected factors related to help-seeking behavior in college women victims of sexual coercionRoberta J. Ogletree · 1991
- 📕Factors influencing family use of health care services in Tamil Nadu (India) villagesAnna K. Williamson Harding · 1990
The art of askingAmanda Palmer · 2014- 📕Help-seeking for mental health servicesDaniel Joseph Lord-Flynn · 1989
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