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

Olivari, Cecilia; Guzmán-González, Mónica

doi:10.4067/s0370-41062017000300003

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“…This instrument assesses the likelihood of participants to seek help from specific proposed sources (partner, friends, parents, other family members, psychologist, physician, psychiatrist, and teacher or counselor) for seven different types of mental health problems (stress, anxiety, depression, suicidal ideation, substance abuse, psychosis, and physical illness). Regarding the questionnaire's reliability indexes (in this adapted version), alpha values ranging from 0.87 to 0.75 were obtained 31 . Each question shows a vignette that can be used independently, describing an adolescent with one mental health problem.…”

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“…Thus, inspired by the study of D'Avanzo et al conducted in Italy, we studied the willingness to seek help in an adolescent Latino population. In contrast to the cited research, where the instrument used was the general help-seeking questionnaire in its original version, we studied the willingness to seek help with the general help-seeking questionnaire, vignette version, adapted in Chile 31 . Therefore, we explored different and specific mental health problems for which adolescents could indicate the degree to which they would select a particular source of help.…”

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Preferred sources of help for mental health problems among Chilean adolescents: a descriptive study

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Background: A timely search for professional help regarding mental health issues in adolescents is critical in preventing severe disorders. However, adolescents generally tend not to seek help. This investigation aimed to study Chilean adolescents' willingness to seek help in mental health issues by identifying their preferred help-seeking sources. Methods: We conducted a cross-sectional-correlational study with 493 high school students between 14 and 19 years of age (mean ± standard deviation = 16.28 ± 1.29). The instruments we used were the general help-seeking questionnaire (vignette version), adapted and validated in Chile, and a sociodemographic questionnaire. Results: Data showed that adolescents are more willing to seek help from informal rather than from formal sources. We identified no sex differences in terms of willingness to seek help from formal sources. However, males were more willing to seek help from informal sources. Conclusions: Similar to other cultures, Chilean adolescents are more willing to seek help from informal sources regarding mental health problems.

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Preferred sources of help for mental health problems among Chilean adolescents: a descriptive study

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“…Help-seeking behavior was assessed through the General Helpseeking Behavior questionnaire(GHSQ) [27], which is a validated and reliable tool with Cronbach's alpha score of 0.85 [28], in this study the tool had a 0.78 Cronbach alpha score. The tool has been used in many research to assess the help-seeking intention of the community [27][28][29][30]. GHSQ has a seven-point Likert scale ranging from extremely unlikely to extremely likely responses.…”

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Attitude and help-seeking behavior of the community towards mental health problems

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Background Community attitude towards mental health problems and help-seeking behavior plays a major role in designing effective community based mental health interventions. This study aimed to assess the attitude, help-seeking behavior, and associated factors of the Jimma zone community towards mental health and mental health problems. Methods A community-based cross-sectional study design was employed. A respondent from each of the 423 systematically selected households was interviewed using a pretested, structured, and interviewer-administered questionnaire. Accordingly, a community’s attitude towards mental health problems was measured by the adapted version of the “Community Attitude towards Mentally Ill questionnaire (CAMI)” and help-seeking behavior was measured by a general help-seeking questionnaire. Data were entered into Epi-data version 3.1 and exported to SPSS version 23.0 for analysis. Bivariate and multivariate logistic regression analysis was done to determine the independent predictors of the outcome variable. Results Among the total 420 study participants (197,46.9%) of them had an overall unfavorable attitude towards mental illness. The majority (153,36.4%) of the study participants agreed on avoidance of anyone who has mental health problems and (150,35.7%) participants described marrying a person with a mental health problem or recovered from the problem is foolishness. Moreover, regression analysis showed family monthly income (AOR = 0.24, 95%CI:0.06–0.91) and occupational status (AOR = 0.57, 95%CI:0.34–0.96) were found to be the predictors of community attitude towards mental health problems. The study finding also revealed a significant number of the respondents preferred non- medical treatment approaches. Conclusion Almost half of the respondents had an unfavorable attitude towards mental health problems and the traditional and religious help-seeking intention was high. This suggests the need for designing effective community based mental health interventions to improve the general public attitude and help-seeking behavior towards mental health problems.

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“…This scale has been validated in Chile among the adolescent population; it showed moderate-high internal consistency (Cronbach’s alpha=0.76). 47 …”

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Longitudinal trajectories of suicidal ideation and attempts in adolescents with psychiatric disorders in Chile: study protocol

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IntroductionAdolescent suicide is a worldwide public health problem, being the second and the third leading cause of death in the 15–29 and the 15–19 age groups, respectively. Among adolescents, it is estimated that for every suicide, there are 100–200 suicide attempts. Although 79% of suicides in the world occur in low/middle-income countries, most of scientific evidence comes from high-income and low-risk countries. In recent years, adolescent suicide rates have steadily increased in Chile. Deaths caused by self-harm increased by 220% in the population aged 10–19 years between 2000 and 2015. The Maule Region is one of the regions of Chile with the highest levels of suicide among those aged 15 and 19 years old. The objective of this study is to evaluate the trajectories of ideation and suicidal attempts in adolescents with psychiatric disorders treated within the public health system of the Maule Region, Chile, based on different clinical, psychological and neuropsychological factors.MethodA prospective naturalistic study of a clinical sample of adolescents under psychiatric treatment in the Maule Region, Chile. Adolescents will be evaluated using a thorough protocol that includes suicide-related clinical variables. The study seeks to establish patterns of change in the trajectories of ideation and suicide attempts among adolescents.Ethics and disseminationEthical approval was granted by the Scientific Ethics Committee of the Universidad Católica del Maule in Chile. This protocol was registered in ClinicalTrials.gov. The results of this study will be disseminated to health centres through executive reports and feedback sessions. In addition, the most relevant findings will be presented in scientific articles, conferences and seminars open to the community.Trial registration numberNCT04635163.

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

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Preferred sources of help for mental health problems among Chilean adolescents: a descriptive study

Preferred sources of help for mental health problems among Chilean adolescents: a descriptive study

Attitude and help-seeking behavior of the community towards mental health problems

Longitudinal trajectories of suicidal ideation and attempts in adolescents with psychiatric disorders in Chile: study protocol

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