Underutilization of mental health services is a complex problem that requires the investigation of new strategies to facilitate treatment-seeking. Nudging is a relatively new approach which has shown promise in promoting healthy behaviors in a variety of domains, though little work has investigated how nudges may be applied to the initiation of mental health treatment. In this paper, we review the limited work examining nudging related to treatment initiation and discuss findings from a study evaluating the impact of nudges on treatment-seeking. Findings provide insights into the acceptability and efficacy of nudging as a strategy for increasing treatment, and implications for future work exploring this approach for improving treatment access are discussed.

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推动改善心理健康寻求治疗


精神卫生服务利用不足是一个复杂的问题，需要研究新的策略以促进寻求治疗。助推是一种相对较新的方法，尽管很少有工作研究如何将助推应用于心理健康治疗的启动，但它在促进各个领域的健康行为方面已显示出希望。在本文中，我们回顾了检查与治疗启动相关的助推的有限工作，并讨论了一项评估助推对寻求治疗的影响的研究结果。研究结果提供了关于助推作为增加治疗策略的可接受性和有效性的见解，并讨论了探索这种方法以改善治疗可及性的未来工作的影响。