Volume 11 (2024)
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Barriers for Seeking Psychological Help for Mental Health Disorders: A sample of Undergraduate Students in Sri Lanka

Wijerathnage Somarathna Chandrasekara

Volume 4, Issue 7 , July 2017, , Pages 780-795

Abstract
  Stigma associated with mental illness is identified as a potential barrier for seeking psychological help for mental health disorders. The purpose of this study is to assess the perceived barriers and supporting factors and to find out the strategies to promote the help seeking behavior among university ...  Read More

The Psychological Mechanism of Stigmatizing Attitudes toward Help Seeking Behavior for Mental Health Problems

Zhi-xia Chen; Wijerathnage Somarathna Chandrasekara

Volume 3, Issue 11 , November 2016, , Pages 720-734

Abstract
  Stigmatizing attitudes toward psychological help seeking is a significant obstacle for the people with mental health difficulties to obtain sufficient psychological help. Therefore, this paper examines the psychological mechanism of stigmatizing attitudes towards people with mental illness and help seeking ...  Read More

Help Seeking Attitudes and Willingness to Seek Psychological Help: Application of the Theory of Planed Behavior

Wijerathnage Somarathna Chandrasekara

Volume 3, Issue 4 , April 2016, , Pages 233-245

Abstract
  Though there is a high level of mental health related difficulties among university students, only one third of them seek psychological help despite the evidence-based treatments for mental health problems. Therefore, this paper examines the help seeking attitudes towards psychological help services ...  Read More