Reducing Adolescents’ Perceived Barriers to Treatment and Increasing Help-seeking Intentions: Effects of Classroom Presentations by General Practitioners

Wilson, Coralie J; Deane, Frank P.; Marshall, Kellie L.; Dalley, Andrew

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“…Young people with a higher score in MHL are more willing to seek help compared to young people with low scores in this variable, which is consistent with previous studies, which show that a higher level of MHL favors a positive attitude towards these issues, and a greater willingness to seek timely help 13,24 . However, it is noteworthy that this was achieved for all mental health issues studied, except in the case of suicide.…”

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Validación del cuestionario general de búsqueda de ayuda para problemas de salud mental en adolescentes

Olivari

Guzmán-González

2017

Rev. chil. pediatr.

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Help-seeking behavior is a protective factor in young people, essential for their mental health, wellbeing and development. However, some adolescents do not seek professional help when they need to. In this context, it is relevant to study the help-seeking behavior for mental health problems in adolescent population. Objective: To adapt and validate the general help-seeking questionnaire for mental health problems in Chilean adolescents. Subjects and Method: Cross-sectional and correlational study of a non-random sample of 793 adolescent students, between 14 and 19 years old, from the city of Talca (Chile). The general help-seeking questionnaire, vignette version, (GHSQ-V) was administered after a transcultural adaptation and criterion validation. Descriptive statistics, exploratory factor analysis and non-parametric Mann-Whitney U test were used for analysis. Results: An exploratory analysis identified two factors regarding available sources of help: 1) informal sources; 2) formal sources. Reliability was calculated separately for each of the health problems, resulting alpha values ranging from 0.87 to 0.75. In addition, the scale showed significant association with the variables self-efficacy and depression in the hypothesized directions. Finally, significant differences were identified in the willingness to seek help by adolescent's level of mental health literacy, for all mental health issues presented, except suicide. Conclusion: The adaptation of the GHSQ-V for Chilean adolescent and youth population is a valid and reliable instrument to measure willingness to seek help for mental health problems in our socio-cultural environment.

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“…Adequate levels of reliability 9 . This questionnaire is one of the most used internationally for research in the topic of seeking help 11,13,14 .…”

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Validación del cuestionario general de búsqueda de ayuda para problemas de salud mental en adolescentes

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Guzmán-González

2017

Rev. chil. pediatr.

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“…This study has focused on help-seeking intentions and preferences rather than actual help-seeking behaviour. While the likelihood that these translate into behaviour has been supported [14,37,38], it has also been questioned [25,39]. It could be argued that the large number of associations examined could lead to Type I errors.…”

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Labels used by young people to describe mental disorders: which ones predict effective help-seeking choices?

Wright

Jorm

Mackinnon

2011

Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol

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“…The pervasiveness of mental illness stigma and the underutilization of mental health services has led to the development of a number of global mental health promotion and anti-stigma initiatives, which are currently working with youth in school-based programs to combat mental illness stigma (e.g., Pinfold et al, 2003;Pinfold, Stuart, Thornicroft, & Arboleda-Flórez, 2005; World Psychiatric Association [WPA], 1999), and to enhance youth's willingness to seek treatment (e.g., Rickwood, Cavanagh, Curtis, & Sakrouge, 2004;Wilson, Deane, Marshall, & Dalley, 2008). The pervasiveness of mental illness stigma and the underutilization of mental health services has led to the development of a number of global mental health promotion and anti-stigma initiatives, which are currently working with youth in school-based programs to combat mental illness stigma (e.g., Pinfold et al, 2003;Pinfold, Stuart, Thornicroft, & Arboleda-Flórez, 2005; World Psychiatric Association [WPA], 1999), and to enhance youth's willingness to seek treatment (e.g., Rickwood, Cavanagh, Curtis, & Sakrouge, 2004;Wilson, Deane, Marshall, & Dalley, 2008).…”

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Self-Stigma of Mental Illness in High School Youth

Hartman

Michel

Winter

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Canadian Journal of School Psychology

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Despite the prevalence of mental health problems, society continues to stigmatize and discriminate against people with mental illness and in particular, schizophrenia. Among the negative consequences of stigma, is that some individuals with mental illness internalize negative stereotypes about themselves, referred to as self-stigma, which is associated with a reluctance to seek needed treatment. The challenge to overcome mental illness stigma has led to the development of global anti-stigma initiatives, which effectively engage young people in school-based programs. The present study examines the effectiveness of a single-session anti-stigma intervention with high school youth (n = 254). The findings replicate and extend previous work demonstrating that a brief anti-stigma initiative can produce significant improvements in knowledge, social distance, and self-stigma. Self-stigma was found to be associated with low self-esteem and factors affecting self-disclosure were identified. Implications for school curricula, mental health policy, and future research are discussed. RésuméMalgré la prévalence de problèmes de santé mentale, la société continue à stigmatiser et à discriminer les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale et, en particulier, de schizophrénie. Une des conséquences négatives de la stigmatisation est l'internalisation par les personnes atteintes de maladie mentale des stéréotypes négatifs sur euxmêmes, connus sous le nom d'auto-stigmatisation, qui a été associé à une certaine réticence à demander l'aide médicale nécessaire. Le défi à surmonter la stigmatisation envers la maladie mentale a mené à l'élaboration d'initiatives sur la lutte mondiale contre la stigmatisation, ce qui a eu pour effet d'engager les jeunes par l'entremise

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Reducing Adolescents’ Perceived Barriers to Treatment and Increasing Help-seeking Intentions: Effects of Classroom Presentations by General Practitioners

Cited by 49 publications

References 28 publications

Validación del cuestionario general de búsqueda de ayuda para problemas de salud mental en adolescentes

Validación del cuestionario general de búsqueda de ayuda para problemas de salud mental en adolescentes

Labels used by young people to describe mental disorders: which ones predict effective help-seeking choices?

Self-Stigma of Mental Illness in High School Youth

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