Citation

Moskos MA, Olson L, Halbern SR, Gray D. Suicide Life Threat. Behav. 2007; 37(2): 179-186.

Affiliation

University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and the Intermountain Injury Control Research Center, University of Utah School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2007, American Association of Suicidology, Publisher John Wiley and Sons)

DOI

10.1521/suli.2007.37.2.179

PMID

17521271

Abstract

Forty-nine suicide cases were drawn from an original sample of 151 consecutive youth suicide deaths. We used information from 270 interviews with parents and other survivors to evaluate mental health treatment sought for and by the decedent and barriers to mental health treatment. Participants reported the same primary barriers for the decedent: belief that nothing could help, seeking help is a sign of weakness or failure, reluctance to admit to having mental health problems, denial of problems, and too embarrassed to seek help. It is suggested that the stigma of mental illness is a considerable barrier to mental health treatment.

Language: en