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标题：Gender differences in mental health service utilization among respondents reporting depression in a national health survey
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作者：Katherine L. W. Smith ; Flora I. Matheson ; Rahim Moineddin 等
期刊名称：Health
印刷版ISSN：1949-4998
电子版ISSN：1949-5005
出版年度：2013
卷号：05
期号：10
页码：1561-1571
DOI：10.4236/health.2013.510212
语种：English
出版社：Scientific Research Publishing
摘要：This study examined whether people who self-reported depression sought mental health treatment in the year after being interviewed, and how gender affected utilization. Depression data were obtained from the Canadian Community Health Survey (2000-01), and linked to medical records in Ontario (n = 24,677). Overall, women had higher rates of mental health service utilization, but there were no gender differences in rates of specialist care. The gender difference in mental health contact was greater for those without depression, as opposed to those with depression. Among those without depression, women were significantly more likely than men to use mental health services; however, rates were similar for women and men with depression. This finding suggests that men may be more likely than women to delay seeing a doctor for minor mental health concerns, but will seek help once a problem reaches a threshold.
关键词：Depression; Gender; Mental Health Service Utilization; Survey; Medical Records