How do attitudes toward mental health treatment vary by age, gender, and ethnicity/race in young adults?

2005 ◽  
Vol 33 (5) ◽  
pp. 611-629 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jodi M. Gonzalez ◽  
Margarita Alegria ◽  
Thomas J. Prihoda
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Health Treatment

scholarly journals Defining and predicting service utilisation in young adulthood following childhood treatment of an eating disorder

BJPsych Open ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 6 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Jessica McClelland ◽  
Mima Simic ◽  
Ulrike Schmidt ◽  
Antonia Koskina ◽  
Catherine Stewart
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Eating Disorder ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Young Adulthood ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Service Utilisation ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Eating Disorder Treatment ◽  
Disorder Treatment

Background Eating disorder services are often separated into child and adolescent eating disorder services (CAEDSs) and adult eating disorder services (AEDSs). Most patients in CAEDSs present with first-episode illness of short duration, which with appropriate treatment, have a good prognosis. However, some individuals receive further treatment as adults. Little is known about service utilisation in adulthood following childhood/adolescent treatment of an eating disorder. Aims This study aims (a) to estimate the proportion of patients in a CAEDS who use mental health services as young adults, (b) to delineate service utilisation following treatment in CAEDSs and (c) to identify factors in CAEDSs that predict service utilisation in young adulthood. Method A consecutive cohort of 322 patients (aged 13–17 years) seen in a CAEDS in the UK over a 5-year period were included in this audit. Data regarding their use of UK-wide adult mental health services as young adults (i.e. when aged 18–25) were extracted from local and national hospital records. Results A total of 68.3% of CAEDS patients received no mental health treatment as young adults. Although 13% of people seen in a CAEDS had brief eating disorder treatment as young adults, 10% received longer/or more intensive eating disorder treatment. Overall, 10.8% transitioned directly to an AEDS and 7.6% were re-referred following discharge from CAEDS. In our sample, older age and increased use of CAEDSs predicted increased eating disorder treatment in young adulthood. Conclusions Our results indicate that most people seen in CAEDSs do not receive further mental health treatment as young adults. Several features in CAEDSs distinguish mental health service utilisation in young adulthood, which were identified clinically and could be targeted during treatment.

Perceived Mental Health Treatment Need and Substance Use Correlates Among Young Adults

2013 ◽  
Vol 64 (9) ◽  
pp. 871-877 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael J. Mason ◽  
Lori Keyser-Marcus ◽  
Daniel Snipes ◽  
Eric Benotsch ◽  
Bela Sood
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Substance Use ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Treatment Need

scholarly journals A Look at Culture and Stigma of Suicide: Textual Analysis of Community Theatre Performances

2019 ◽  
Vol 16 (3) ◽  
pp. 352 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Keller ◽  
Vanessa McNeill ◽  
Joy Honea ◽  
Lani Paulson Miller
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Illness ◽  
Young Adults ◽  
Native American ◽  
Mental Health Treatment ◽  
Help Seeking ◽  
Textual Analysis ◽  
Adolescents And Young Adults ◽  
Health Treatment ◽  
Community Theatre

Stigma against suicidal ideation and help-seeking is a significant barrier to prevention. Little detail is provided on what types of stigma interfere with help-seeking, how stigma is expressed, and how to reduce it. Five groups of two ethnically diverse community theatre programs were formed to analyze differences in Eastern Montana Caucasian and Native American adolescents and young adults’ experiences with stigma about mental illness and mental health treatment that affect help-seeking for suicidal thoughts and experiences. Over a ten-week period, a grassroots theatre project was used to recruit members from the same population as the audience to write and perform a play on suicide and depression (n = 33; 10 males, 23 females; 12 Native American, 21 Caucasian, ages 14–24). Using textual analysis, the community- and campus-based performance scripts were coded for themes related to stigma. Both ethnic groups reported that stigma is a barrier to expressing emotional vulnerability, seeking help, and acknowledging mental illness. We found that Caucasians’ experiences were more individually oriented and Native Americans’ experiences were more collectively oriented. Understanding the cultural bases of experiences with stigma related to mental health treatment for suicide is necessary to create educational programs to reduce stigma for diverse groups of adolescents and young adults.

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