Mental Health Literacy and Adolescent Help-Seeking : The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Personal and Perceived Stigmas

Goodfellow, Claire and Sosu, Edward and Macintyre, Anna and Knifton, Lee (2021) Mental Health Literacy and Adolescent Help-Seeking : The Mediating and Moderating Effects of Personal and Perceived Stigmas. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow. (https://doi.org/10.36399/gla.pubs.232693)

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Abstract

Adolescence is a particularly vulnerable period for the development of mental health problems, with approximately half of all mental health problems emerging before the age of 14 (Kessler et al., 2005). Mental health problems at this stage can have a significant impact on health and other outcomes across the life course.