@article{ref1,
title="Reluctance to seek professional help among suicidal people: results from the Swiss Health Survey",
journal="International journal of public health",
year="2016",
author="Dey, Michelle and Jorm, Anthony Francis",
volume="61",
number="4",
pages="495-504",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To investigate whether help-negation (not accepting or accessing available helping resources) among suicidal people can also be found in a Swiss sample. <br><br>METHODS: Data on 16,640 participants (aged 15 and older) from the Swiss Health Survey 2012 was analyzed. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to study the association between suicidality (categorized into &quot;not at all&quot;; &quot;several days&quot;; and &quot;more than half of the days&quot;) and currently being in treatment for depression (covariates: depression and socio-demographic variables). <br><br>RESULTS: Less than 1/3 of the participants with the highest level of suicidality were currently in treatment (males: 27.0 %; females: 29.6 %). Participants who were experiencing suicidality for several days were more likely to be in treatment relative to non-suicidal people. However, people with the highest level of suicidality did not differ from the other two groups in regard to treatment frequency. Help-negation was particularly pronounced among males and young people (15-24-year olds). <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: The reluctance to seek professional help is problematic because treatment might reduce the risk of suicide.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1661-8556",
doi="10.1007/s00038-015-0782-8",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00038-015-0782-8"
}