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January 27, 2022International Journal of Environmental Research and Public HealthOpen Access

Mental Health Problems among Young People—A Scoping Review of Help-Seeking

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KWKatrin Häggström WestbergMNMaria NyholmJNJens Nygren

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Overview

This scoping review maps help-seeking experiences in young people, suggesting theoretical insights into their mental health challenges.

Key Points

  • To explore young people's experiences with help-seeking for mental health issues and evaluate the Lost in Space model.
  • Conducted a scoping review of literature from 2010 to 2020.
  • Searched multiple databases for studies focused on help-seeking.
  • Selected 12 relevant articles from an initial pool of 2905 studies.
  • Young people expressed feelings of unfamiliarity and insecurity regarding mental health.
  • A notable desire for self-reliance and protection of personal health was observed.
  • Support systems were frequently viewed as inaccessible and unresponsive.
  • There was strong alignment between the help-seeking model and the reviewed articles.

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Westberg et al. (2022) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698ca8422ab66dd7aac6ed53https://doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19031430
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