The effects of need for autonomy and preference for seeking help from informal sources on emerging adults’ intentions to access mental health services for common mental disorders and suicidal thoughts

Qualitative analysis of UK and USA open mental health Facebook groups for mental health support (Preprint)

“…This may reduce geographical constraints [54] and provide access to hard-toreach demographics [30-33, 37, 38], as individuals may join groups all over the world. Indeed this could limit social barriers often related to mental health care and support seeking [55], in particular feelings of stigmatisation [28,29]. Thus the diversity of group membership may have offered members alternative perspectives from individuals from other countries and cultures when seeking support and advice, supporting previous findings [19].…”

“…MHapps are aimed at promoting good mental health and wellbeing [52], and provide information and support without geographical constraints [53]. This potentially reduces barriers to mental health care [54], provides autonomy [55], and flexibility of use [32]. Despite the benefits and rising interest in the field [56,57], many MHapps may lack robust scientific grounding [52,[58][59][60].…”

Identifying barriers to mental health help-seeking among young adults in the UK: a cross-sectional survey

“…[9][10][11][12] Barriers to help-seeking can include difficulties in accessing support, concerns about confidentiality and trust, a preference for informal sources of help, and stigma. 13,14 Although existing studies, including those outside of the UK, have focused on mental health help-seeking among adolescents, 10,15 university students, [16][17][18] or adults of all ages, 13,19 few have reported on the barriers experienced by young adults aged 18-25 years from the UK general population. This age group is an important cohort to study, as it is typically associated with a separation from parents and a transition into adulthood when important decisions regarding education, career, and intimate relationships are made.…”

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

“…Thus, according to Wilson et al 9,15 each problem area can be considered rather a separate scale, EFA were run for each topic. The initial EFA, with a freely estimated solution, which considered as eigenvalues greater than 1 and the Scree test, allowed to identify three factors in the case of stress, anxiety and chronic disease, which explain 69%, 45%, 67%, 22% and 69.73% of the variance, respectively.…”