| Budget Amount *help |
¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000)
Fiscal Year 2016: ¥1,040,000 (Direct Cost: ¥800,000、Indirect Cost: ¥240,000)
Fiscal Year 2015: ¥1,300,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥300,000)
Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
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| Outline of Final Research Achievements |
This study identified information related to mental health help seeking and developed a program to improve it. This was a questionnaire-based study that showed that the most important predictor of help seeking was its anticipated benefit. However, medical information, such as the prevalence rates of mental disorders and where and how to seek professional help had few effects on help-seeking. Based on these results, a program for improving mental health help seeking was developed. In a randomized controlled trial, it was shown that the program could significantly improve the help-seeking intentions of university students, and improvements were observed four weeks after the intervention program. Although the effectiveness of the program was indicated, qualitative studies with clinical clients suggested that there are some people for whom different approaches are required to facilitate mental health help seeking.
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