Variable

UK Data Service variable record for:

Psychiatric Morbidity among Adults Living in Private Households, 2000

Variable Details

Variableoutngov
LabelOther reason for not seeking professional help
Responses
BASICALLY I DON'T THINK DOCTORS SPEND ENOUGH TIME GETTING TO THE ROOT OF THE MATTER - I FEEL FOBBED 1
Because I have to wait too long at the surgery to see doctor for 5 minutes and not get a satisfactor 1
Couldnt be bothered 1
Couldnt get to see anyone soon enough, and I didnt want to pay to see anyone 1
Didn't think help would be offered 1
Didn't think that treatment would be effective 1
I actually don't like my Drs and avoid them like the plague 1
I knew to increase the dose of lustral. 1
I thought it would make the situation worse 1
I'm a nurse, and I know my GP at work as a colleague, so I feel I cant confide in him 1
MAIN REASON IS I FEEL DISCOUNTED WHEN I GO TO THE DOCTORS.MY MOODS GO UP AND DOWN AND IM ALWAYSDOWN 1
Probably wouldnt get an appointment 1
Problems of constraints re: availability of GP time 1
THE COST - MIGHT HAVE TO PAY 1
THE DOCTOR MAKES ME FEEL LIKE A HYPOCHONDRIAC AND DOES NOT LISTEN AND SHOUTS AT YOU. 1
The illness that occurred when my marriage broke down-I had a nervous breakdown and didn't want to 1
The person who I would have needed to see is private and very expensive - he is in London . 1
Wanted to try alternative therapy 1
because had application for a job, and you knew doctor would be contacted which would prejudice job 1
because of lack of response from doctor previously 1
cost being a stranger in this country and not knowing the cost 1
delay in getting an appointmnet 1
did not think it was relevant 1
did not want to take any medication 1
didn't know if my Dr could help or would take it seriously and wld just think I was fat 1
didn't want to go back to the marie curie centre 1
didnt trust them 1
didnt want to take anti depessants 1
do 1
don't trust them 1
dont always agree with psychiatry in that they dont always work 1
dont know why i kept putting it off 1
dont like the doctor/- 1
felt angry about the way her husband was treated following a car accident. 1
felt ashamed 1
felt ashamed after having had abortion 1
felt did deed any more help 1
felt the problem was trivial did nt want to bother the doctor 1
goes to a self-help support group instead 1
had the support of friends which appeared to be enough 1
have little faith in my doctor 1
i always felt worse when i visited doctors 1
i cant put my finger on a reason 1
i did not feeli could cope with the treatment on offfer 1
i didnt think it was a worthy enough problem tobe going to a doctor with 1
i feel that since my son has been born i have been to the doctors a lot and thought they would get f 1
i get fed up with it,i do not find what the doctor says useful or helpful 1
if went to a doctor and said I was depressed I wouldn't get a job and I needed one 1
ilack of confidence in my doctor regarding my treatment for the spine problem 1
it claered up on its own 1
it's realy a case of getting my ideas together and getting a grip and going 1
ive got no faith in them 1
joint problem with wife 1
just kept putting it of 1
lack of confidence in the g.p. 1
lacks confidence in her doctor 1
my dad was manic depressive and he commited suicide before my 17th birthday so I am aware ithis con 1
my dr nearly killed my son saying he had chicken pox an hour before he nearly died 1
no confidence as i would just be passed to somreone else 1
no faith in gp 1
no special reason, just didn't do it 1
not really 1
not sure anyone would take me seriously just because I do not like my job 1
on hliday in isolated location 1
ot wanting to have any medication 1
other consequences-3rd parties being involved 1
over last 10 years respondent feels pumped full of antibiotics & other medication her immune system 1
prefer to talk to family how could adr.help,they dont knowme 1
respondent is a doctor 1
talk things through wityh family rather than with prefessionals 1
the cost 1
the doctor herself,not sympathetic,weont give me medication 1
the only person who could help at the time was me 1
the person concerned would not go with me (my daughter) and i wanted her to 1
they didnt want to know, people dont care today 1
they don't believe me. I feel they are fed up with me 1
thinking more of being with husband than about herself 1
thought I would be able to cope with the problem myself 1
thought i waould be wasting his time 1
thought i was wasting theirn time 1
thought it was all in my own head and didnt know what to do 1
thought it would cause more problems than it would solve 1
too busy with children to go 1
too embarrased to discuss 1
too many combined factors to be solved by one person 1
wait too long for appointment 1
was already talking to a macmillan nurse 1
wonder who was going to pay ofor it 1
work problems/stress no solution as has to work and medication dulls responses 1
worried remisinterptationof potential employers of dr doubtful diagnosis 1
DisclaimerPlease note that these frequencies are not weighted.
LocationPsychiatric Morbidity among Adults Living in Private Households, 2000