What is a Mental Health Clinic? How to ask Parents about Help-seeking Contacts Within the Mental Health System

We compared parents’ endorsement of having contacted a “mental health clinic or agency” when seeking help for their child, with parents’ recognition of having contacted specific, named mental health agencies in their geographic region. Data were from two studies involving parents of children and ado...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Administration and policy in mental health and mental health services research 2008-07, Vol.35 (4), p.241-249
Hauptverfasser:	Reid, Graham J., Tobon, Juliana I., Shanley, Dianne C.
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Accuracy Adolescent Adult Ambulatory Care Facilities Behavior Child Child Health Services - utilization Child, Preschool Children Children & youth Childrens health Clinical Psychology Clinics Disclosure Families & family life Female Health Administration Health Informatics Health services Helpseeking Humans Male Medicine Medicine & Public Health Mental Disorders - therapy Mental health care Mental health services Mental Health Services - utilization Middle Aged Ontario Original Paper Parent-Child Relations Parents Parents & parenting Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data Pediatrics Psychiatry Public Health Reproducibility of Results Teenagers
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Zusammenfassung:	We compared parents’ endorsement of having contacted a “mental health clinic or agency” when seeking help for their child, with parents’ recognition of having contacted specific, named mental health agencies in their geographic region. Data were from two studies involving parents of children and adolescents seeking mental health services. Across the two studies, only 28 and 41% of parents reported having contacted a “mental health agency,” but 100% reported contact when asked about specific agencies by name. Incorporating this simple modification in future studies could provide more accurate documentation of help-seeking for, and utilization of, children’s mental health services.
ISSN:	0894-587X 1573-3289
DOI:	10.1007/s10488-008-0165-z