Perceived facilitators of and barriers to mental health treatment engagement among decision-making competent adolescents in Greece.

ABSTRACT:

Background

A subset of adolescents with mental disorders are likely to have decision-making capacity that facilitates their therapy engagement. However, there are high rates of drop-out in mental health settings.

Aim

This study aims to identify perceived barriers to or facilitators of mental health care engagement among adolescents with decision-making competence in Greece.

Methods

A qualitative study was conducted using semi-structured interviews of adolescents with a wide range of mental health problems. In addition, two psychometric assessment measures were used to define who to include or exclude from the study sample.

Results

Positive attitudes and experiences with therapy were reported as strong ("major") facilitators of therapy engagement for adolescents

SUBMITTER: Tsamadou E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8456699 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature