Firstly, across all 17 focus groups, participants indicated that they would find it difficult to seek help as a result of culturally dominant masculine traits that place an emphasis on males to be "strong" and to "not show any emotion", a finding that is consistent with previous research [ 7- 9].
Poverty and lack of resources can, of course, make it more difficult to seek help in an abusive situation, and a 2013 Department of Justice report found that women in "economically disadvantaged neighborhoods" were more likely to experience intimate partner violence.
8 Access to this form of therapy may be particularly useful for patients requiring low-intensity therapy and for those who find it difficult to seek help from a therapist due to the waiting time or fear stigmatisation.
Research also suggests that young men find it difficult to seek help as a result of culturally dominant (or hegemonic) masculine traits which place an emphasis on men to be independent, to suppress emotion, and show a lack of vulnerability [ 7- 9].
Furthermore, if the US concludes that Iran has violated the recent nuclear agreement, it will find it more difficult to seek Russian support for a new round of international sanctions as long as Russia relies on Iran for the success of its operations in Syria.
It is clear that men find it particularly difficult to seek help if they have a history of mental illness.
When an accident does occur, it can be difficult to seek even meager justice.
DP05m found it particularly difficult to seek help as he had no desire to talk to anyone, let alone a health professional.
"That makes it difficult to seek votes from Hispanics, African-Americans, single women, yet Republicans need to do that in order to grow".
Many people have no formal education and cannot converse in Mandarin, making it difficult to seek employment in cities on their own.
