Treatment barriers

Treatment barriers are factors that prevent people from seeking or accessing health or [mental health services]] and treatment.

Some of these factors are practical such as the availability of childcare, money for transport. While other factors such as health attitudes and client attitudes and fears including dental phobia and fear of hospital are psychological in origin.

Even when initial contact with contact is made peole may continue to have difficulty maintaining contact. So barriers may interefere with treatment compliance and may lead to treatment dropout and treatment refusal