Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

Ronny Bruffaerts; Meredith Harris; Alan Kazdin; Daniel Vigo; Nancy Sampson; Wai Tat Chiu; Ali Al-Hamzawi; Jordi Alonso; Yasmin Altwaijri; Laura Andrade; Corina Benjet; Giovanni de Girolamo; Silvia Florescu; Josep Maria Haro; Chi-Yi Hu; Aimee Karam; Elie Karam; Viviane Kovess-Masfety; Sing Lee; John Mcgrath; Fernando Navarro-Mateu; Daisuke Nishi; Siobhan O’neill; José Posada-Villa; Kate Scott; Margreet Ten Have; Yolanda Torres; Bogdan Wojtyniak; Miguel Xavier; Zahari Zarkov; Ronald Kessler; Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola; Mohammed Salih Al-Kaisy; Yasmine Altwaijri; Laura Helena Andrade; Lukoye Atwoli; Guilherme Borges; Evelyn Bromet; Brendan Bunting; Jose Miguel Caldas-De-Almeida; Graça Cardoso; Somnath Chatterji; Alfredo Cia; Louisa Degenhardt; Koen Demyttenaere; Oye Gureje; Hristo Hinkov; Peter de Jonge; Aimee Nasser Karam; Norito Kawakami; Andrzej Kiejna; Jean-Pierre Lepine; Maria Elena Medina-Mora; Zeina Mneimneh; Jacek Moskalewicz; Marina Piazza; Tim Slade; Juan Carlos Stagnaro; Dan Stein; Maria Carmen Viana; Harvey Whiteford; David Williams

doi:10.1007/s00127-022-02249-3

Journal Articles Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology Year : 2022

Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys

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Ronny Bruffaerts

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Catholic University of Leuven - Katholieke Universiteit Leuven

Meredith Harris

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University of Queensland [Herston]

Alan Kazdin

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Yale University [New Haven]

Daniel Vigo

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University of British Columbia [Vancouver]

Nancy Sampson

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Harvard Medical School [Boston]

Wai Tat Chiu

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Ali Al-Hamzawi

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AL-Qadisiyah University

Jordi Alonso

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University Pompeu Fabra

Yasmin Altwaijri

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Laura Andrade

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Universidade de São Paulo = University of São Paulo

Corina Benjet

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Giovanni de Girolamo

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PersonId : 764102
ORCID : 0000-0002-1611-8324
IdRef : 03440242X

Silvia Florescu

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Josep Maria Haro

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Chi-Yi Hu

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Aimee Karam

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Elie Karam

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Viviane Kovess-Masfety

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École des Hautes Études en Santé Publique [EHESP]

Sing Lee

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John Mcgrath

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PersonId : 760336
ORCID : 0000-0002-4792-6068

Fernando Navarro-Mateu

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Daisuke Nishi

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Siobhan O’neill

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José Posada-Villa

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Kate Scott

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PersonId : 799744
ORCID : 0000-0002-3928-8377

Margreet Ten Have

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Yolanda Torres

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Bogdan Wojtyniak

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Miguel Xavier

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Zahari Zarkov

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Ronald Kessler

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PersonId : 805399
ORCID : 0000-0003-4831-2305

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola

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Mohammed Salih Al-Kaisy

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Yasmine Altwaijri

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Laura Helena Andrade

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Lukoye Atwoli

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PersonId : 823372
ORCID : 0000-0001-7710-9723

Guilherme Borges

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Evelyn Bromet

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Brendan Bunting

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Jose Miguel Caldas-De-Almeida

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Graça Cardoso

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Somnath Chatterji

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Alfredo Cia

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Louisa Degenhardt

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Koen Demyttenaere

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Oye Gureje

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PersonId : 764103
ORCID : 0000-0003-0094-5947

Hristo Hinkov

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Peter de Jonge

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Aimee Nasser Karam

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Norito Kawakami

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Andrzej Kiejna

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Jean-Pierre Lepine

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Maria Elena Medina-Mora

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Zeina Mneimneh

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Jacek Moskalewicz

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Marina Piazza

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Tim Slade

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Juan Carlos Stagnaro

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Dan Stein

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PersonId : 792751
ORCID : 0000-0001-7218-7810
IdRef : 033376417

Maria Carmen Viana

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Harvey Whiteford

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David Williams

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PersonId : 775424
ORCID : 0000-0003-4033-0867

Abstract

Purpose: To investigate the prevalence and predictors of perceived helpfulness of treatment in persons with a history of DSM-IV social anxiety disorder (SAD), using a worldwide population-based sample. Methods: The World Health Organization World Mental Health Surveys is a coordinated series of community epidemiological surveys of non-institutionalized adults; 27 surveys in 24 countries (16 in high-income; 11 in low/middle-income countries; N = 117,856) included people with a lifetime history of treated SAD. Results: In respondents with lifetime SAD, approximately one in five ever obtained treatment. Among these (n = 1322), cumulative probability of receiving treatment they regarded as helpful after seeing up to seven professionals was 92.2%. However, only 30.2% persisted this long, resulting in 65.1% ever receiving treatment perceived as helpful. Perceiving treatment as helpful was more common in female respondents, those currently married, more highly educated, and treated in non-formal health-care settings. Persistence in seeking treatment for SAD was higher among those with shorter delays in seeking treatment, in those receiving medication from a mental health specialist, and those with more than two lifetime anxiety disorders. Conclusions: The vast majority of individuals with SAD do not receive any treatment. Among those who do, the probability that people treated for SAD obtain treatment they consider helpful increases considerably if they persisted in help-seeking after earlier unhelpful treatments.

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Perceived helpfulness Social anxiety disorder Treatment

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Santé publique et épidémiologie

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DOI : 10.1007/s00127-022-02249-3
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Ronny Bruffaerts, Meredith Harris, Alan Kazdin, Daniel Vigo, Nancy Sampson, et al.. Perceived helpfulness of treatment for social anxiety disorder: findings from the WHO World Mental Health Surveys. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 2022, ⟨10.1007/s00127-022-02249-3⟩. ⟨hal-03608003⟩

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