Seeking Help a Second Time: Parents'/Caregivers' Characterizations of Previous Experiences With Mental Health Services for Their Children and Perceptions of Barriers to Future Use

This study examines the relationship between urban parents'/caregivers' previous experiences obtaining mental health care for their children and their perceptions of barriers to their children's use of services in the future. Assessments of prior treatment outcome and aspects of relat...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:American journal of orthopsychiatry 2006-04, Vol.76 (2), p.161-166
Main Authors: Kerkorian, Dara, McKay, Mary, Bannon, William M
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Attitude
barriers to care
Biological and medical sciences
CARE
Caregivers
Caregivers - statistics & numerical data
Child
Child care
child mental health
CHILDREN
Cross-Sectional Studies
Delivery Systems
Experiences (Events)
Family studies
Female
Follow-Up Studies
Forecasting
Health care
Health Care Delivery
Health Care Utilization
Health Services Accessibility - statistics & numerical data
Help Seeking Behavior
help‐seeking
Human
Humans
Male
Medical sciences
Mental Disorders - epidemiology
Mental Disorders - therapy
MENTAL HEALTH
Mental health care
Mental Health Services
Mental Health Services - trends
Mental Health Services - utilization
Miscellaneous
Parental Attitudes
Parenting
Parents
Parents & parenting
Patient Acceptance of Health Care - statistics & numerical data
Pediatrics
Psychiatry
Psychology
Psychology. Psychoanalysis. Psychiatry
Psychopathology. Psychiatry
SERVICES
Social psychiatry. Ethnopsychiatry
Urban areas
Urban Environments
Urban Health
Citations: Items that this one cites
Items that cite this one
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:This study examines the relationship between urban parents'/caregivers' previous experiences obtaining mental health care for their children and their perceptions of barriers to their children's use of services in the future. Assessments of prior treatment outcome and aspects of relationships with former providers were linked to endorsements of doubt about the utility of treatment as a potential barrier to the children's use of services in the future and the number of barriers parents endorsed. Implications for urban child mental health service delivery are drawn.
ISSN:0002-9432
1939-0025
DOI:10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.161