TY - JOUR
T1 - ‘It’s a bit taboo’: a qualitative study of Norwegian adolescents’ perceptions of mental healthcare services
AU - Tharaldsen, K.B.
AU - Stallard, P.
AU - Cuijpers, Pim
AU - Bru, E.
AU - Bjaastad, J.F.
PY - 2017
Y1 - 2017
N2 - The aim of this study is to investigate adolescents’ perspectives on mental healthcare services. Based on theoretical perspectives concerning barriers for help-seeking, individual interviews were carried out in order to obtain the adolescents’ perspectives on knowledge of services for mental health problems, potential barriers for help-seeking, and services to which they have access. The sample consisted of vocational students from an upper secondary school in the southwest of Norway (n = 8). None of the informants was currently in treatment for mental health problems. Interview data were transcribed and analysed with the assistance of NVivo Software. Qualitative content analysis indicated that the adolescents have limited knowledge of available resources, and, that stigma-related factors may prevent the adolescents from seeking help for mental health problems. Future directions for delivering mental health services for adolescents are given.
AB - The aim of this study is to investigate adolescents’ perspectives on mental healthcare services. Based on theoretical perspectives concerning barriers for help-seeking, individual interviews were carried out in order to obtain the adolescents’ perspectives on knowledge of services for mental health problems, potential barriers for help-seeking, and services to which they have access. The sample consisted of vocational students from an upper secondary school in the southwest of Norway (n = 8). None of the informants was currently in treatment for mental health problems. Interview data were transcribed and analysed with the assistance of NVivo Software. Qualitative content analysis indicated that the adolescents have limited knowledge of available resources, and, that stigma-related factors may prevent the adolescents from seeking help for mental health problems. Future directions for delivering mental health services for adolescents are given.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84994085740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/citedby.url?scp=84994085740&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1080/13632752.2016.1248692
DO - 10.1080/13632752.2016.1248692
M3 - Article
SN - 1363-2752
VL - 22
SP - 111
EP - 126
JO - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
JF - Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties
IS - 2
ER -