Poorer mental well-being and prior unmet need for mental healthcare: a longitudinal population-based study on men in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Depression and anxiety disorder contribute to a significant part of the disease burden among men, yet many men refrain from seeking care or receive insufficient care when they do seek it. This is plausibly associated with poorer mental well-being, but there is a lack of population-based research. This study investigated 1) if men who had refrained from seeking mental healthcare at any time in life had poorer mental well-being than those who sought care, 2) if those who had sought care but perceived it as insufficient had poorer mental well-being than those who had perceived care as sufficient, and 3) if these differences persisted after 1 year.

Methods

This longitudinal study used questionnaire data from a population-based sample of 1240 men, aged 19-64 years, in

SUBMITTER: Olsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8564598 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature