Trust, autonomy and relationships: The help‐seeking preferences of young people in secondary level schools in London (UK)

Abstract

Help‐seeking among young people is complicated, often determined vicariously by the ability of adults, family or professionals, to recognize, and respond to, their difficulties. We know very little about the complex concerns of teenage young people and how they impact on help‐seeking preferences. We aimed to ascertain the help‐seeking preferences for a range of mental health problems among adolescents attending schools in an inner‐city area of London. In particular we sought to examine the relationship between such adolescents and their family doctor. Using a mixed methods approach we explored help‐seeking attitudes of young people. Emotional and mental health problems are not seen by young people as the domain of General practitioners. Moreover, there is a worrying lack of confidence and trust placed in family doctor and other professionals by young people. Young people do not tend easily to trust adults to help them with emotional difficulties.

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

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“…20 This study sought to include participants from the wider population, extending beyond those in education, as has been done in previous studies of this kind. 21 The aims of this study were to explore the barriers in accessing mental health support among young adults aged 18-25 years from the general UK population.…”

The Help-seeking from Social Capitals and Self-regulated Learning among Pre-service Teachers

“…Therefore, pre-service teachers maybe begin to seek help from personals outside of the practicum school. mental health (Leavey, Rothi, & Paul, 2011;Lindsey, Joe, & Nebbitt, 2010). However, help-seeking had also been used to investigate the social support of students from parents, peers, and teachers and to predict a host of emotional and behavioral adjustments (Malecki & Demaray, 2003;Wenz-Gross & Siperstein, 1998).…”

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

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