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| Patterns of confiding and factors influencing mental health service use in older adults | | Author(s) | Suzanne Robertson, Pearl Mosher-Ashley |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 26, nos 1/2, 2002 |
| Pages | pp 101-116 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Psychiatric treatment ; Advisory services [elderly] ; Usage [services] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | The factors that might influence older people to seek professional counselling were examined by questionnaire with 206 community-dwelling older Americans aged 57-98. While men were more likely to confide in a spouse, women chose friends and children - usually daughters - as their confidants. Serious illness of self or of spouse emerged as sensitive subject matter regarding the nature of confidence, as evidenced by analyses run on large amounts of missing data for these items. Only 8.3% of the sample reported having received professional counselling, although familiarity with mental health services surfaced as the variable most likely to influence the possibility of consultation. Older people with either previous exposure to outpatient psychological treatment, or who had friends or family members receiving treatment reported being familiar with mental health services. Older people perceived the experiences of friends or family members in treatment to be positive experiences, although most of the older people did not perceive their problems as serious enough to warrant professional intervention. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-030516212 A |
| Classmark | LP: IT: QLD: 7T |
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