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Factors associated with non-treatment or delayed treatment seeking in OCD sufferers: a review of the literature.

2013

Obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD) is a disabling disorder that can be successfully treated. However, a high percentage of sufferers neither ask for nor receive treatment for their symptoms, or they delay seeking treatment. The factors underlying the treatment-seeking behaviour of OCD patients are still not clear. This review includes 12 studies published before April 2014 that analyse the possible variables related to the delayed help-seeking behaviour of OCD patients. Studies showed that individuals who asked for help were more impaired and reported poorer quality of life. Help-seeking behaviour was associated with greater insight, severity, specific obsessive-compulsive symptoms, such a…

Financial costsmedicine.medical_specialtyObsessive-Compulsive Disordermedia_common.quotation_subjectShame610 Medicine & healthHelp seeking behavior2738 Psychiatry and Mental HealthQuality of life (healthcare)mental disordersmedicineHumansHealth care seekingPsychiatryBiological Psychiatrymedia_commonDelayed treatmentPatient Acceptance of Health Caremedicine.diseaseMental healthComorbidityPsychiatry and Mental health10057 Klinik für Konsiliarpsychiatrie und PsychosomatikPsychology2803 Biological PsychiatryClinical psychologyPsychiatry research
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Old age care facilities and care-seeking elderly on the move

2014

Older people’s mobility and migration to other countries is not a new phenomenon. Research on retirement migration, for instance, has been looking at the movement of older people to countries with ...

GerontologyCare seekingPolitical scienceOlder peopleTransnational Social Review
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