| Individuals with mental health concerns often first seek help from primary care providers (PCPs); thus, working with PCPs to increase referrals to psychotherapy may helptooptimizetreatment-seeking. The current study testedtheeffects of a brief, onlinevideo intervention on psychotherapy attitudes andlikelihood of referralamonga sample ofPCPs (n=81) and healthcare students (n=73). Participants were randomly assigned to watch avideo encouragingseeking psychotherapy for depression (intervention) or seeking treatment in general for depression (control). Participantsthenindicated their likelihood of referring a depressedvignettepatient to psychotherapy and completed measures ofpsychotherapy attitudes and stigma. Controlling for gender and history of personal psychotherapy use, theintervention hadno effect onattitudinal variablesorreferral likelihood. However, attitudes mediatedthe relationship between perceived public stigma andreferral likelihood. Interventionsmay need toaddresspractical and attitudinal variables togetherin orderto facilitate referrals.KeyWords:primary care, interprofessional, mental health, referral, psychotherapy |