Analysis of the Causes of Human Resistance to Psychological Services in Today’s Society

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10.2991/978-2-38476-062-6_112How to use a DOI?

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psychological service; mental problems; stress; depression

Abstract

For people who is currently under significant life stressors and suffering from implicit mental illness, mental health services have great significance as it can offer useful guidance and psychological assistance, which could save people’s lives to some extent. Therefore, the degree of recognition of the necessity of public mental health infrastructure sharply increases in societies, especially during the pandemic. However, a crucial question has been pointed out based on studies - considerable amount of people who is currently suffering from mental illness take passive attitude to deal with their mental problems, or even refuse to be treated. According to study, persons who encounter psychological problems are more likely to develop depression, which could make the problem worse because their mental issues might make them more afraid to seek psychiatric assistance. Many people suffer in silence because they are reluctant to seek psychological help from trained professionals. The most common reason why people are reluctant to seek psychotherapy is because they fear embarrassing outcomes. Although it affects people of all ages, fear of self-disclosure is particularly pronounced in older adults, which prevents them from receiving social support, such as psychotherapy. This paper elaborates on the topic of how to improve the acceptance of public mental health services by conquering the defensiveness of people with mental problems with solutions generated by existing relevant studies.

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AU  - Kairu Tang
PY  - 2023
DA  - 2023/07/11
TI  - Analysis of the Causes of Human Resistance to Psychological Services in Today’s Society
BT  - Proceedings of the 2023 2nd International Conference on Social Sciences and Humanities and Arts (SSHA 2023)
PB  - Atlantis Press
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SN  - 2352-5398
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