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    Relationship between Attitudes towards Mental Health Problems and Seeking Professional Help among Young to Middle-aged Adults in Mount Lebanon
    (2017) Noor S. Hamze
    The study examined the relationship between attitudes towards mental health problems and seeking professional help through examining the ideologies of 25-55 year old males and females in Mount Lebanon. Also the role of age was examined as a variable that correlates with the attitudes towards seeking professional help. The study was done on 245 adults and the instruments used were the following: Attitudes Towards Seeking Professional Help Scale and Attitudes Towards Mental Health Problems Scale. Results revealed that family and community attitudes towards mental health problems was not correlated to ones' attitudes towards seeking professional help. On the contrary, internal, external, and reflected shame were correlated with ones' attitudes towards seeking professional help. Moreover, no correlation was detected between age and attitudes towards seeking professional help.