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Help seeking for mental health problems in an adolescent population: the effect of gender
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Background: While the onset of many mental health problems occurs in adolescence, these problems are severely undertreated in this age group. To inform early intervention for adolescents, we investigated the effect of gender and education type on perception of barriers to help seeking, mental health literacy, and the awareness and use of mental health services. Method: A web-based survey using vignettes, open-ended and multiple choice items was administered to upper secondary school students in two counties in Norway. Results: The survey was completed by 1249 students (88% response rate) with an average age of 17.6 years and 56% were female. Compared to males, the females were better in identifying psychological problems of anxiety and trauma, awareness of mental health services ( p p Conclusion: For adolescents, gender appears to play a significant, but not exclusive, role in the inclination to seek professional help for mental health problems. We hypothesise that the observed gender difference in use of services is related to the gender difference in awareness of referral pathway services and the influence of parents in help-seeking process.
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“Compared to men, women have generally been shown to be more open to psychotherapy and more likely to seek help (Haavik et al., 2019)”
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Metadata
- Authors
- Haavik, L., Joa, I., Hatloy, K., Stain, H. J., & Langeveld, J.
- Affiliations
- Rogaland County Council (NO)
- Stavanger University Hospital (NO)
- Stavanger University Hospital, TIPS – Centre for Clinical Research in Psychosis, Stavanger, Norway,
- Durham University (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Haavik, L.
- Venue
- Journal of Mental Health
- Publisher
- Informa UK Limited
- Published
- 2017-07-18
- Volume
- 28
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 467-474
- ISSN
- 0963-8237 (ISSN-L)
- 1360-0567
- OpenAlex
- W2739001854
- Cited by
- 163
- References
- 29
- Citations by year
- 2026: 26 · 2025: 37 · 2024: 31 · 2023: 25 · 2022: 19 · 2021: 8 · 2020: 11 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 4
- FWCI
- 6.65
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Mental Health (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Utrecht University Repository (Utrecht University) (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Psychology and Mental Health
- Social Sciences › Gender Studies › Gender Roles and Identity Studies
- Keywords
- help-seeking, adolescent mental health, gender differences, mental health literacy, help-seeking barriers, mental health service utilization, anxiety, trauma, high school students, parental influence, early intervention
- MeSH terms
- Help-Seeking Behavior, Adolescent, Psychology, Adolescent, Mental Disorders, Female, Health Services Accessibility, Humans, Male, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, Sex Factors
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