Systematic identification and stratification of help-seeking school-aged youth with mental health problems: a novel approach to stage-based stepped-care

We investigated whether a novel visitation model for school-aged youth with mental health problems based on a stage-based stepped-care approach facilitated a systematic identification and stratification process without problems with equity in access. The visitation model was developed within the con...

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Hauptverfasser: Wolf, Rasmus Trap, Puggaard, Louise Berg, Pedersen, Mette Maria Agner, Pagsberg, Anne Katrine, Silverman, Wendy K., Correll, Christoph U., Plessen, Kerstin Jessica, Neumer, Simon-Peter, Gyrd-Hansen, Dorte, Thastum, Mikael, Bilenberg, Niels, Thomsen, Per Hove, Jeppesen, Pia
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description We investigated whether a novel visitation model for school-aged youth with mental health problems based on a stage-based stepped-care approach facilitated a systematic identification and stratification process without problems with equity in access. The visitation model was developed within the context of evaluating a new transdiagnostic early treatment for youth with anxiety, depressive symptoms, and/or behavioural problems. The model aimed to identify youth with mental health problems requiring an intervention, and to stratify the youth into three groups with increasing severity of problems. This was accomplished using a two-phase stratification process involving a web-based assessment and a semi-structured psychopathological interview of the youth and parents. To assess problems with inequity in access, individual-level socioeconomic data were obtained from national registers with data on both the youth participating in the visitation and the background population. Altogether, 573 youth and their parents took part in the visitation process. Seventy-five (13%) youth had mental health problems below the intervention threshold, 396 (69%) were deemed eligible for the early treatment, and 52 (9%) had symptoms of severe mental health problems. Fifty (9%) youth were excluded for other reasons. Eighty percent of the 396 youth eligible for early treatment fulfilled criteria of a mental disorder. The severity of mental health problems highlights the urgent need for a systematic approach. Potential problems in reaching youth of less resourceful parents, and older youth were identified. These findings can help ensure that actions are taken to avoid equity problems in future mental health care implementations.
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Behavior problems
Child & adolescent psychiatry
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
Health care
Health problems
Help seeking behavior
Individual differences
Inequality
Internet
Intervention
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental health
Mental health care
Mental health services
National registers
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Parents & parenting
Psychiatry
Psychology: 260
Psychopathology
Psykologi: 260
Samfunnsvitenskap: 200
Severity
Social science: 200
Socioeconomic factors
Stratification
Symptoms
VDP
Visitation
Youth
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