Perceived barriers and facilitators to mental health help-seeking in young people: a systematic review.
BMC Psychiatry. 2010;10:113
Authors: Gulliver A, Griffiths KM, Christensen H
Adolescents and young adults frequently experience mental disorders, yet tend not to seek help. This systematic review aims to summarise reported barriers and facilitators of help-seeking in young people using both qualitative research from surveys, focus groups, and interviews and quantitative data from published surveys. It extends previous reviews through its systematic research methodology and by the inclusion of published studies describing what young people themselves perceive are the barriers and facilitators to help-seeking for common mental health problems.
PMID: 21192795 [PubMed – indexed for MEDLINE]