@article{ref1,
title="Does self-help increase rates of help seeking for student mental health problems by minimizing stigma as a barrier?",
journal="Journal of American college health",
year="2018",
author="Levin, Michael E. and Krafft, Jennifer and Levin, Crissa",
volume="66",
number="4",
pages="302-309",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: This study examined whether self-help (books, websites, mobile apps) increases help seeking for mental health problems among college students by minimizing stigma as a barrier. PARTICIPANTS AND METHODS: A survey was conducted with 200 college students reporting elevated distress from February to April 2017. <br><br>RESULTS: Intentions to use self-help were low, but a significant portion of students unwilling to see mental health professionals intended to use self-help. Greater self-stigma related to lower intentions to seek professional help, but was unrelated to seeking self-help. Similarly, students who only used self-help in the past reported higher self-stigma than those who sought professional treatment in the past. Although stigma was not a barrier for self-help, alternate barriers were identified. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Offering self-help may increase rates of students receiving help for mental health problems, possibly by offering an alternative for students unwilling to seek in-person therapy due to stigma concerns.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0744-8481",
doi="10.1080/07448481.2018.1440580",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07448481.2018.1440580"
}