Table 3 |
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| Possible causes of low participation rates in preventive interventions, see24 | |
| Participants | - Individuals do not consider themselves as being at risk. |
| - Individuals do not see themselves as having subthreshold complaints because symptoms are labelled differently. | |
| - Individuals do not believe that preventive interventions are effective. | |
| - Individuals are not willing to participate because of the stigma associated with mental disorders. | |
| - Individuals do not want to participate in a group intervention, or have coinciding commitments at the time of the sessions. | |
| Organization | - The positioning of preventive services within mental health care may limit the familiarity with these services among potential participants and general practitioners. |
| Recruitment | - Potential participants may not be aware of the existence of preventive services if communication to recruit participants does not reach potential participants. |
Batelaan et al. BMC Psychiatry 2012 12:206 doi:10.1186/1471-244X-12-206
