Help-seeking attitudes and behaviours for mental health problems in adolescents before and during the first COVID-19 school closures in Germany.

Lustig, Sophia; Koenig, Julian; Bauer, Stephanie; Moessner, Markus; Bonnet, Sabrina; Becker, Katja; Diestelkamp, Silke; Eschenbeck, Heike; Hiery, Alisa; Kohls, Elisabeth; Lehner, Laya; Rummel-Kluge, Christine; Thomasius, Rainer; Kaess, Michael (2023). Help-seeking attitudes and behaviours for mental health problems in adolescents before and during the first COVID-19 school closures in Germany. Early intervention in psychiatry, 17(3), pp. 331-334. Wiley 10.1111/eip.13358

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AIM

Comparing measures of psychological wellbeing and help-seeking in youths before and within the first school closures due to the coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic enables a better understanding of the effects the pandemic has for those seeking professional help for mental health problems.

METHODS

Data were obtained from the Germany-based ProHEAD school study. Pre-lockdown and lockdown samples (n = 648) were compared regarding pupils' psychological wellbeing, help-seeking attitudes and help-seeking behaviour.

RESULTS

Participants from the lockdown sample showed greater positive attitudes towards seeking professional help, whereas psychological wellbeing and help-seeking behaviour remained stable.

CONCLUSIONS

Possible explanations may include an increased public discourse on mental health or self-selection bias for participation during lockdown.

Item Type:

Journal Article (Original Article)

Division/Institute:

04 Faculty of Medicine > University Psychiatric Services > University Hospital of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychotherapy

UniBE Contributor:

Koenig, Julian, Kaess, Michael

Subjects:

600 Technology > 610 Medicine & health

ISSN:

1751-7893

Publisher:

Wiley

Language:

English

Submitter:

Pubmed Import

Date Deposited:

03 Oct 2022 13:51

Last Modified:

21 Mar 2023 00:12

Publisher DOI:

10.1111/eip.13358

PubMed ID:

36181354

Uncontrolled Keywords:

COVID-19 adolescents help-seeking attitudes help-seeking behaviour mental health

BORIS DOI:

10.48350/173432

URI:

https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/173432

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