Youth Development Program Participation and Changes in Help-Seeking Intentions

Beals-Erickson, Sarah E.; Roberts, Michael C.

doi:10.1007/s10826-015-0342-0

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“…In addition to sociodemographic information (i.e., migration status, socioeconomic status), the school-based screening will cover screening instruments for a broad range of mental health problems. All measures have previously been used in adolescent samples [28–30]. Three self-report instruments will be used to cover help-seeking intentions, actual help-seeking behavior, and attitudes toward help-seeking.…”

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Promoting Help-seeking using E-technology for ADolescents with mental health problems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial within the ProHEAD Consortium

Kaess

Ritter

Lustig

et al. 2019

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BackgroundThe highest incidence and prevalence of mental health problems across the lifespan as well as the first onset of most long-term mental health conditions are reported for youths between 14 and 25 years of age. At the same time, only 25% of adolescents with mental health problems receive professional treatment. One explanation for poor treatment access in youths is their low help-seeking behavior. Barriers that can keep children and adolescents (C&A) from seeking professional help include a lack of perceived need, structural barriers, or stigma. Interventions based on e-technology might present an effective approach, overcoming these barriers by reducing stigma and providing low-threshold access with enhanced reach, ultimately facilitating help-seeking for mental health problems among youths.MethodsThe study is designed as a multi-center, randomized controlled trial. In total, an estimated number of n = 1,500 C&A with mental health problems, drawn from a school-based sample of n = 15,000 pupils attending school grades 6 to 13 (≥ 12 years of age), recruited in five regions of Germany, will be randomized either to an intervention (ProHEAD online) or a control condition. C&A in the intervention group will receive online access to tailored information and individual advice on where to seek professional help for their specific needs close to their place of living, case reports of and interaction with peers, as well as the opportunity for online and telephone counseling. C&A in the control intervention will receive a recommendation to seek help and online information on where to find professional help. All participants will be asked to complete questionnaires concerning their help-seeking behavior at baseline, during the intervention (monitoring), and also at a 1 and 2 year follow-up. The primary endpoint is the number of C&A seeking conventional face-to-face professional help in the real-world setting within 1 year after their initial screening.DiscussionThe trial will investigate if an Internet-based intervention can increase professional help-seeking in C&A with mental health problems. With its randomized controlled design and large-scale school-based sampling, the study aims to overcome the shortages of previous research. The intervention has the potential to narrow the treatment gap in C&A and to ultimately improve the mental health care system.Trial registrationGerman Clinical Trials Register, DRKS00014685. Registered on 7 July, 2018.Electronic supplementary materialThe online version of this article (10.1186/s13063-018-3157-7) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.

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Promoting Help-seeking using E-technology for ADolescents with mental health problems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial within the ProHEAD Consortium

Kaess

Ritter

Lustig

et al. 2019

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“…Of the studies that provided information about which parent participated [28,29,46,50,51,53e56], only one had an equal number of mothers and fathers [55], and in most studies, most participating parents were mothers (64%e100%). The focus of interventions was on changing parents' help-seeking behavior [42e49,55e57], help-seeking intentions [29,54], knowledge of help-seeking options [28], attitudes toward seeking help and help-seeking behaviors [50,51], knowledge of help-seeking options and attitudes toward seeking help [53], and attitudes and intentions toward seeking help [52]. Of the studies, nine found a significant increase in help-seeking [28,42,44,46e49,51,55], five found no significant increase [29,43,45,52,54], and four studies [50,53,56,57] found mixed results.…”

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“…The focus of interventions was on changing parents' help-seeking behavior [42e49,55e57], help-seeking intentions [29,54], knowledge of help-seeking options [28], attitudes toward seeking help and help-seeking behaviors [50,51], knowledge of help-seeking options and attitudes toward seeking help [53], and attitudes and intentions toward seeking help [52]. Of the studies, nine found a significant increase in help-seeking [28,42,44,46e49,51,55], five found no significant increase [29,43,45,52,54], and four studies [50,53,56,57] found mixed results. Seven studies found an increase in help-seeking behavior, and two found no significant effect.…”

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“…A number of help-seeking interventions have been designed to increase adolescent help-seeking, but parents are often not included [27]. While some parental help-seeking interventions have been published [28,29], to date, there has been no systematic review of such interventions. A substantial gap exists in the parenting literature regarding what interventions exist, which are effective, and, in particular, what components of the intervention are effective in changing help-seeking behavior [1,30].…”

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A Systematic Review of Help-Seeking Interventions for Parents of Adolescents

Murphy

Heary

Hennessy

et al. 2022

Journal of Adolescent Health

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Parents do not always seek timely help for adolescents when the need arises. Although interventions to increase parental help-seeking have been evaluated and published, no systematic review of these interventions has been conducted. The aim of this systematic review is to collate, synthesise, and evaluate research on help-seeking interventions for parents of adolescents. Methods: Six electronic databases were searched from inception to May 2020 using terms related to the concepts of "parent" and "help-seeking" and focusing on parents of adolescents (aged 10 e19 years). Methodological quality was assessed using the Quality Assessment Tool for Quantitative Studies; the Behavioural Change Taxonomy was used to code behavioral change techniques, and "promising interventions" were identified using pre-established criteria. Results: Eighteen studies met inclusion criteria, with six rated strong for design and methodology. The most frequently identified Behavioural Change Taxonomies included a credible source delivering the intervention, supporting parents, and providing prompts/cues regarding services/ appointments. Four interventions were identified as "promising" because of strong methodology, significant positive outcomes, and strong evidence-base. Conclusions: More high-quality, theory-driven parental help-seeking interventions using common outcome measures are needed to advance the literature in this area. Future research should replicate the promising interventions identified to develop best practice guidelines.

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“…This scale was the most commonly used in adolescent helpseeking research to assess behavioral intent for mental health help-seeking(Divin, Harper, Curran, Corry, & Leavey, 2018). Test-re-test reliability for the scores on this measure was high (α = .92), and the reported internal consistency coefficients for the GHSQ are at least adequate, ranging from .72 -.99(Wilson et al, 2007;Wilson & Deane, 2012;Cakar & Savi, 2014;Leshem, Haj-Yahia, & Guterman, 2015;Beals-Erickson & Roberts, 2016). The GHSQ is a seven-point Likert scale with answers ranging from 1 (very unlikely) to 7 (very likely), with higher scores indicating a greater intent to seek help.…”

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Mental Health Help-Seeking in Adolescence: An Exploration of Variables Associated with Help-Seeking Intent in Schools

Allouche

Munson

Long

2021

School Mental Health

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Internalizing disorders (including anxiety and depressive disorders) affect up to one third of adolescents ages 13-18. Although these disorders are associated with impairments in psychological, academic, social, and family domains, they are often left untreated. Schools have great potential to address this service-underutilization gap by identifying those students at risk for internalizing problems through mental health screening tools and by providing treatment at no cost for students. However, at the secondary level, school personnel partly expect high school students to initiate support for themselves. The present study advances research by exploring the variables related to adolescent mental health help-seeking intentions within the school setting. Specifically, this study assesses the utility of the Theory of Planned Behavior in an effort to identify what factors relate to high school students' willingness to seek help for internalizing problems at school. A secondary aim of this study was to examine why males are consistently less willing to seek help for mental health problems than females. Results of this study highlight important factors to target when developing interventions to increase help-seeking intent in high school students.

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Youth Development Program Participation and Changes in Help-Seeking Intentions

Cited by 8 publications

References 27 publications

Promoting Help-seeking using E-technology for ADolescents with mental health problems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial within the ProHEAD Consortium

Promoting Help-seeking using E-technology for ADolescents with mental health problems: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial within the ProHEAD Consortium

A Systematic Review of Help-Seeking Interventions for Parents of Adolescents

Mental Health Help-Seeking in Adolescence: An Exploration of Variables Associated with Help-Seeking Intent in Schools

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