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

Journal of Adolescence - Tập 34 - Trang 685-693 - 2011
Gerard Leavey1, Despina Rothi1, Rini Paul2
1Research Department, Barnet, Enfield & Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust, St Ann’s Road, London N15 3TH, United Kingdom
2Department of Primary Care & Public Health Sciences, King’s College London School of Medicine, 4th Floor Capital House, 42 Weston Street, London SE1 3QD, United Kingdom

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ABSTRACTHelp‐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.

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Journal of Adolescence

Tập 34

685-693

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