College Students' Reasons for Depression Nondisclosure in Primary Care

Autor/inn/en	Meyer, William J.; Morrison, Patrick; Lombardero, Anayansi; Swingle, Kelsey; Campbell, Duncan G.
Titel	College Students' Reasons for Depression Nondisclosure in Primary Care
Quelle	In: Journal of College Student Psychotherapy, 30 (2016) 3, S.197-205 (9 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	8756-8225
DOI	10.1080/87568225.2016.1177435
Schlagwörter	College Students; Depression (Psychology); Barriers; Undergraduate Students; Higher Education; Physicians; Vignettes; Primary Health Care; Patients; Public Health; Public Colleges; Likert Scales; Counseling; Psychotherapy; Outcomes of Treatment; Symptoms (Individual Disorders); Self Disclosure (Individuals); Online Surveys + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Collegestudent; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Physician; Doctor; Arzt; Gesundheitsvorsorge; Patient; Gesundheitswesen; Likert-Skala; Counselling; Beratung; Psychotherapie; Psychiatrische Symptomatik
Abstract	Unwillingness to share depression experiences with primary care physicians contributes to the undertreatment of depression. This project examined college students' reasons for depression nondisclosure to primary care providers (PCPs). Undergraduate participants read a vignette describing someone with depression and completed measures of disclosure barriers. Analyses indicated 26% of respondents would NOT disclose depression symptoms to PCPs. Reasons for nondisclosure included difficulty initiating the depression conversation, medication aversion, and fear of referral to a psychologist. Also, anger toward the vignette character varied with disclosure willingness, suggesting that nondisclosers feel more stigma than disclosers and are less likely to engage in psychotherapy. Because engagement in pharmacological and/or psychotherapeutic treatment requires identification of depression in healthcare settings, increased understanding of disclosure barriers could increase students' access to depression treatment. (As Provided).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01