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Social context in mental health service use among young adults
- Authors:
- BEN-DAVID Shelly, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Journal of Social Service Research, 43(1), 2017, pp.85-99.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
- Place of publication:
- Philadelphia, USA
Examining the sources of health communication that young adults with mental health challenges receive regarding service use is critical to curbing the societal concern of unmet mental health needs of this population. Semistructured interviews were conducted with 59 young adults, all of whom were diagnosed with a mood disorder and used public mental health services and additional public systems of care during childhood. Thematic analysis was utilised. Of the 59 participants, 45 nominated at least one supportive adult, with a total of 97 relationships analysed. Results indicate that the majority of messages came from informal supports (e.g., family) who spoke positively about mental health services. Fewer messages came from formal supports (e.g., professionals). Messages included statements surrounding beliefs toward services, social norms (approval and disapproval), self-efficacy, and image considerations around using services. These findings can suggest ways that mental health service engagement interventions can leverage communication from informal supports. Future research can explore what messages young adults find most influential in persuading them to use mental health care consistently and the relationship between messages and health behaviour. (Edited publisher abstract)
Communication and interpretation of emotional distress within the friendships of young Irish men prior to suicide: a qualitative study
- Authors:
- SWEENEY Lorna, OWENS Christabel, MALONE Kevin
- Journal article citation:
- Health and Social Care in the Community, 23(2), 2015, pp.150-158.
- Publisher:
- Wiley
In-depth qualitative interviews were conducted to explore young men's narratives of peer suicide and to identify how they interpreted and responded to behavioural changes and indications of distress from their friend before suicide. The interviews were carried out during 2009/10 with 15 Irish males (aged 19-30 years) who had experienced the death by suicide of a male friend in the preceding 5 years. The data were analysed using a thematic approach. Through the analysis of the participants’ stories and experiences, several features of young male friendships and social interactions that could be addressed to strengthen the support available to young men in crisis were identified. These included the reluctance of young men to discuss emotional or personal issues within male friendships; the tendency to reveal worries and emotion only within the context of alcohol consumption; the tendency of friends to respond in a dismissive or disapproving way to communication of suicidal thoughts; the difficulty of knowing how to interpret a friend's inconsistent or ambiguous behaviour prior to suicide; and beliefs about the sort of person who takes their own life. Community-based suicide prevention initiatives must enhance the potential of young male social networks to support young men in crisis, through specific provisions for developing openness in communication and responsiveness, and improved education about suicide risk. (Edited publisher abstract)
Opening doors for young people
- Authors:
- DEVLIN Ciara, McELLIGOTT Karen, O'NEILL Justin
- Journal article citation:
- A Life in the Day, 11(2), May 2007, pp.31-34.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
The Junction is a unique mental health service for young people between the ages of 18 and 25 in Northern Ireland. It is a social outlet that provides opportunities to meet new friends and develop new skills that could support entry into training and employment. This article describes what it offers, and the benefits reported by young people.
Are worries, satisfaction with oneself and outlook in secondary school students associated with mental health in early adulthood?
- Authors:
- KINNUNEN Pirjo, et al
- Journal article citation:
- International Journal of Mental Health Promotion, 12(2), May 2010, pp.4-10.
- Publisher:
- Taylor and Francis
The aim of this study was to identify factors in adolescence which are associated with mental health problems in early adulthood. In the long term study, data on worries, satisfaction with oneself and future outlook were collected from 235 14 year old adolescents (116 girls, 119 boys) in 1996 using a structured questionnaire. Subjects were part of a larger project carried out in two Finnish secondary schools in Eastern Finland. Mental health data were collected via a postal questionnaire from the same subjects as the age of 24 years using the SCL-90 instrument. The questionnaire was returned by 149 young adults (63.4%), 88 females and 61 males. Mental health problems were common in early adulthood; 42% of females and 22.9% of males exceeded the clinical cut-off of 0.9 for symptoms in at least two dimensions of the SCL-90. Adolescents’ worries about family finances and conflicts at home were associated with mental health problems in later life in both genders. Worries about achievement at school and parental unemployment in females, and lack of friends and busy parents in males, were associated with mental health problems at the age of 24. The authors conclude that adolescents’ perceptions of their worries, satisfaction with oneself and outlook are important factors to consider in attempts to promote mental health.
Mental health and emerging adulthood among homeless young people
- Author:
- WHITBECK Les B.
- Publisher:
- Psychology Press
- Publication year:
- 2009
- Pagination:
- 298p., bibliog.
- Place of publication:
- New York
This book reports a three year longitudinal study on mental health problems of homeless young people, in their mid teens to early twenties, from urban areas of Iowa, Nebraska, Kansas and Missouri. The data, collected at three month intervals, covers emerging adulthood among runaways and homeless young people, mental health, unintentional and intentional injuries, adult roles, social networks, intimate relationships and economic adjustments, and lost and new opportunities. Homeless young people suffer many stresses and psychological consequences of missing key adolescent, developmental tasks are discussed. The author, and collaborators, focus on mental health and depression in Chapters 3 and 4, traumatic histories, substance misuse patterns and dissociative symptoms in chapters 5, 6 and 7, and physical injuries, self-harm, suicide ideation and health services utilisation in chapters 8, 9, 10 and 11. Social networks at home and on the streets, sexuality, relationships and pregnancy, and survival strategies, hunger, education and housing are covered in Chapters 12, 13 and 14. Psychological problems associated with victimisation experienced before and after running away are noted to shape behaviour, interpersonal relationships and chances of future adjustment to conventional life. Some, more serious, consequences and continuities of mental health problems are discussed in chapters 15 and 16.