- Title
- Rural adolescents' attitudes to seeking help for mental health problems
- Creator
- Francis, Kristy; Boyd, Candice; Aisbett, Damon; Newnham, Karyn; Newnham, Krystal
- Date
- 2006
- Type
- Text; Journal article
- Identifier
- http://researchonline.federation.edu.au/vital/access/HandleResolver/1959.17/55925
- Identifier
- vital:311
- Identifier
- ISSN:1038-2569
- Abstract
- Little research has been undertaken into the barriers facing rural adolescents seeking help and support for mental health problems. This study presented students from rural secondary schools in Victoria with hypothetical scenarios of an adolescent living in a rural area with a mental disorder and posed questions inorder to create group discussion. The results revealed a range of perceived barriers to help-seeking that could be considered unique to rural settings. However, adolescents also expressed positive attitudes and identified a range of professional help sources available to them. The findings support recent moves towards providing school-based mental health services to young people in rural areas.; C1
- Publisher
- Routledge (Taylor & Francis)
- Relation
- Youth Studies Australia Vol. 25 , no. 4 (2006), p. 42-49
- Rights
- Open Access
- Rights
- Copyright Taylor & Francis
- Rights
- This metadata is freely available under a CCO license
- Subject
- 1117 Public Health and Health Services; Rural adolescents; Mental health
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