What makes people decide who to turn to when faced with a mental health problem? Results from a French survey

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>The unequal use of mental health care is a great issue, even in countries with universal health coverage. Better knowledge of the factors that have an impact on the pathway to mental health care may be a great help for designing education campaigns and for best organizing health care delivery. The objective of this study is to explore the determinants of help-seeking intentions for mental health problems and which factors influence treatment opinions and the reliance on and compliance with health professionals' advice.</p> <p>Methods</p> <p>441 adults aged 18 to 70 were randomly selected from the general population of two suburban districts near Paris and agreed to participate in the study (response rate = 60.4%). The 412 respondents with no mental health problems based on the CIDI-SF and the CAGE, who had not consulted for a mental health problem in the previous year, were asked in detail about their intentions to seek help in case of a psychological disorder and about their opinion of mental health treatments. The links between the respondents' characteristics and intentions and opinions were explored.</p> <p>Results</p> <p>More than half of the sample (57.8%) would see their general practitioner (GP) first and 46.6% would continue with their GP for follow-up. Mental health professionals were mentioned far less than GPs. People who would choose their GP first were older and less educated, whereas those who would favor mental health specialists had lower social support. For psychotherapy, respondents were split equally between seeing a GP, a psychiatrist or a psychologist. People were reluctant to take psychotropic drugs, but looked favorably on psychotherapy.</p> <p>Conclusion</p> <p>GPs are often the point of entry into the mental health care system and need to be supported. Public information campaigns about mental health care options and treatments are needed to educate the public, eliminate the stigma of mental illness and eliminate prejudices.</p

A plan on creating a video game store in Kokkola

The main aim for this thesis was to investigate the situation in Kokkola regarding the establishment of a new video game store. The bottom line was to study whether it would be a profitable idea to carry out a plan to create such a store, by determining is there a market for a store selling specifically video games. Also, the reactions of the general public were highly valued to adjust the actions and services of the said video game store. In theory, the contents cover data from different resources such as news articles and published writings. The matter was approached by gathering information on the prevalent situation and pondering various scenarios from the surrounding world affecting the stores operations. In addition, the effects of the video game store were brought up and evaluated. Since the field of video game industry is vast, a large amount of background information was covered in the document to give the reader a deeper understanding on the matters studied. The writer's own thoughts and existing knowledge is added in throughout the document. The competitive situation, as well as the development of the city of Kokkola was taken into account and studied by the author. A qualitative study among the general public was conducted in October of 2017 to obtain their insights on the matter. When combined with the data gathered from the source material and the writer's notions, the people's answers proved to be a significant part of the process. The conclusions were reached by analyzing the data from different viewpoints. The end result formed and changed through the process. Mostly, the situation at hand was the heaviest factor in evaluating the final decisions. A business needs its customers to keep on operating. However, the world of today offers the consumers various solutions when it comes to purchasing products. Still, the future is not set in stone and predicting the turns of events is not always accurate