An examination of sociodemographic and clinical factors influencing help-seeking attitudes and behaviors among adolescents with mental health problems.

ABSTRACT: This study investigated sociodemographic and clinical factors influencing help-seeking attitudes and behavior among adolescents with mental health problems. As part of the ProHEAD ("Promoting Help-seeking using E-technology for ADolescents") consortium a school-based, online assessment of sociodemographic information, psychopathology, risk-taking and self-harming behavior, help-seeking attitudes and behavior, and barriers to help-seeking was conducted in adolescents aged ≥ 12 years recruited from randomly selected schools in five regions of Germany. Linear regression analyses with the LMG formula were performed to explore predictors of help-seeking attitudes and behavior and assess their relative importance. Nine thousand five hundred and nine participants (95.5%) completed the online asse

SUBMITTER: Cavelti M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12000217 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature