Stories from Queensland farmers: 'why we don't seek help for mental health'
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Paper/Presentation Title | Stories from Queensland farmers: 'why we don't seek help for mental health' |
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Presentation Type | Presentation |
Authors | Vayro, Caitlin (Author), Brownlow, Charlotte (Author), Ireland, Michael (Author) and March, Sonja (Author) |
Number of Pages | 1 |
Year | 2016 |
Web Address (URL) of Paper | https://anzmh.asn.au/rrmh/ |
Conference/Event | 8th Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium (2016) |
Event Details | 8th Rural and Remote Mental Health Symposium (2016) Event Date 03 to end of 04 Nov 2016 Event Location Kingscliff, Australia |
Abstract | Farming as an occupation and lifestyle has many inherent stressors and farmers demonstrate suicide rates twice that of the general population (Arnautovska, McPhedran, & De Leo, 2014). There are also reports that indicate farmers may show fewer help-seeking behaviours, although research to date has failed to uncover clear reasons for this. Mental health help-seeking includes behaviours directed towards seeking help from health professionals for issues relating to mental health or distress (Rickwood & Thomas, 2012); if this occurs in a timely manner then negative consequences may be minimised. There is an urgent need to identify factors specific to farmers that make mental health help seeking difficult. |
Keywords | Farmers, Qualitative, Mental Health, Help-seeking |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 420603. Health promotion |
420313. Mental health services | |
Public Notes | File reproduced in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher/author. |
Byline Affiliations | Institute for Resilient Regions |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q3qvv/stories-from-queensland-farmers-why-we-don-t-seek-help-for-mental-health
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