@article{ref1,
title="Mental health problems in rural contexts: A broader perspective: Response to Jackson et al. (2007) Mental health problems in rural contexts: What are the barriers to seeking help from professional providers?",
journal="Australian psychologist",
year="2008",
author="Boyd, Candice P. and Hayes, Louise and Sewell, Jessica and Caldwell, Kirra and Kemp, Evan and Harvie, Lisa and Aisbett, Damon L. and Nurse, Sarah",
volume="43",
number="1",
pages="2-6",
abstract="The objectives of this article are to expand and comment upon a recent review in Australian Psychologist of the literature in relation to mental health problems in rural contexts by Jackson et al. (2007). In the present article we review recently published qualitative research on the help-seeking attitudes and experiences of rural Australian adolescents. While we agree on the utility of the Macintyre, Ellaway, and Cummins (2002) conceptual framework based on notions of health and place, we note that this framework specifically emphasises the importance of the collective dimension. We present a broader perspective on health and place than Jackson et al. (2007) by incorporating social geographic research. We argue that rural mental health research has been hampered by a simplistic view of social stigma of mental illness and that a more thorough conceptualisation of the phenomenon is needed. Finally, we make some further recommendations based on a broader perspective of mental health in rural contexts: one that incorporates an in-depth understanding of the help-seeking attitudes and experiences of rural adolescents as well as an appreciation of the collective social functioning of rural communities.<p />",
language="en",
issn="0005-0067",
doi="10.1080/00050060701711841",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00050060701711841"
}