Responses to persuasive messages encouraging professional help seeking for depression: comparison between individuals with and without psychological distress

ConclusionThe exposure to persuasive messages may promote help-seeking intentions for depression. It seems likely that loss framing will work better than neutral and gain framing. Meanwhile, the responses to persuasive messages may differ to some extent between distressed and non-distressed individuals, as individuals with psychological distress are likely to be more susceptible to persuasive messages than those without.Trial registrationNot applicable; this is not a report of intervention trial.
Source: Environmental Health and Preventive Medicine - Category: Environmental Health Source Type: research