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Psychology, Developmental
Jerica Radez, Tessa Reardon, Cathy Creswell, Faith Orchard, Polly Waite
Summary: This study explores the barriers and facilitators to seeking professional help for anxiety and depressive disorders among adolescents, identifying themes such as understanding difficulties, disclosure of problems, ambivalence towards seeking help, and the instrumental role of others. The findings suggest that adolescents rely on parents and school staff for accessing mental health support, highlighting factors that influence help-seeking behavior in this group.
EUROPEAN CHILD & ADOLESCENT PSYCHIATRY
(2022)
Review
Psychiatry
Nadia Zaman, Khadeejah Mujahid, Fahmid Ahmed, Simran Mahmud, Hamza Naeem, Umar Riaz, Umayair Ullah, Benita Cox
Summary: This study investigates the barriers and facilitators to seeking mental health help in healthcare professionals, identifying various factors through a literature review and semi-structured interviews. The findings are crucial for identifying and overcoming barriers to mental health help-seeking among healthcare professionals and encouraging them to seek help.
Review
Clinical Neurology
Alice Tunks, Clio Berry, Clara Strauss, Patrick Nyikavaranda, Elizabeth Ford
Summary: This review explores the barriers and facilitators that adults experiencing common mental disorders (CMDs) perceive when accessing evidence-based psychological treatment in England. Stigma, patients' perceptions and understandings of CMDs, and the lack of prioritization of mental health in primary care were identified as barriers to help-seeking and engagement with services. The interaction between healthcare professionals and patients was considered crucial for accessing support.
JOURNAL OF AFFECTIVE DISORDERS
(2023)
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Psychiatry
Sacha Petersen, Dinah S. Reddihough, Sally Lima, Adrienne Harvey, Fiona Newall
Summary: Parents of children with cerebral palsy often face significant challenges in finding effective sleep solutions, with sleep not being a priority for either parents or clinicians as other health issues take precedence. Parents commonly believe that early sleep intervention is helpful for their children, emphasizing the importance of prioritizing sleep needs in healthcare for children.
FRONTIERS IN PSYCHIATRY
(2021)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Eline Eigenhuis, Ruth C. Waumans, Anna D. T. Muntingh, Marjan J. Westerman, Marlinde van Meijel, Neeltje M. Batelaan, Anton J. L. M. van Balkom
Summary: Facilitating factors such as school personnel and peers recognition and easy access to care providers positively influence help-seeking behavior among depressed adolescents and young adults. Health illiteracy and attitudinal aspects act as important barriers to seeking treatment, warranting the need for public/school campaigns aimed at reducing health illiteracy and stigma to improve treatment-seeking and utilization of healthcare.
Review
Health Care Sciences & Services
Judith Borghouts, Elizabeth Eikey, Gloria Mark, Cinthia De Leon, Stephen M. Schueller, Margaret Schneider, Nicole Stadnick, Kai Zheng, Dana Mukamel, Dara H. Sorkin
Summary: Digital mental health interventions (DMHIs) deliver mental health support via technologies such as mobile apps, offering increased access to mental health support and demonstrating effectiveness in improving symptoms. User engagement with DMHIs varies, with barriers such as severe mental health issues, technical issues, and lack of personalization, and facilitators including social connectedness, increased health insight, and feeling of control over one's own health. These factors can guide the evaluation and design of DMHIs to enhance user engagement and support mental health.
JOURNAL OF MEDICAL INTERNET RESEARCH
(2021)
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Education, Scientific Disciplines
Naiereh Aghaei, Hassan Babamohamadi, Mohammad Reza Asgari, Nahid Dehghan-Nayeri
Summary: The study identified support systems, internship structure and setting, as well as personal and professional factors as key facilitators and barriers affecting nursing students' adjustment to internship conditions.
NURSE EDUCATION TODAY
(2021)
Review
Nutrition & Dietetics
Audrey Tay, Hannah Hoeksema, Rinki Murphy
Summary: This review analyzed qualitative data to explore the barriers and facilitators of weight loss and weight loss maintenance. Four aggregate themes were identified: internal factors, program-specific factors, social factors, and environmental factors. The findings highlight the importance of considering participant acceptability and engagement in future interventions, and suggest strategies such as tailored interventions, relapse management plans, and strategies to enhance motivation and emotional self-regulation.
Article
Nursing
Felicia Ruffin, Elizabeth Van Horn, Laurie Kennedy-Malone, Susan Letvak
Summary: This qualitative descriptive study aimed to explore and describe the facilitators and barriers to seeking care for suspected bacteraemia and sepsis symptoms among patients in the United States. The study identified three themes - symptom recognition, psychosocial support, and healthcare planning and coordination. Patients' participation in the study provided valuable insights into patients' perspectives and experiences in the pre-hospital phase, emphasizing the need to improve patient decision time, patient-provider interactions, and knowledge of bacteraemia and sepsis through education.
Article
Urology & Nephrology
Sarah J. Schrauben, Eleanor Rivera, Claire Bocage, Whitney Eriksen, Sandra Amaral, Laura M. Dember, Harold Feldman, Frances K. Barg
Summary: This study identified three key phases influencing self-management in CKD patients - prioritization, behavior performance, and maintenance - along with corresponding facilitators and barriers. Effective routines, memory aids, goal setting, self-monitoring, and proactive preparation can help reinforce self-management behaviors.
KIDNEY INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
(2022)
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Environmental Sciences
Robena Noorwali, Sarah Almotairy, Raneem Akhder, Ghadi Mahmoud, Loujain Sharif, Nofaa Alasmee, Alaa Mahsoon, Duaa Hafez
Summary: This study aimed to explore the barriers and facilitators of seeking mental health support among young adults in Saudi Arabia. The findings identified barriers such as public stigma, lack of awareness, unprofessional practitioners, limited access to services and information, unsupportive families, intrapersonal dilemmas, and misconceptions based on religious beliefs. Facilitators for help-seeking included increasing awareness, promoting accessibility, enhancing external support, personal motivation, and online therapy.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH AND PUBLIC HEALTH
(2022)
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Education & Educational Research
Courtney J. Wright, Sarah A. Wilson, Joseph H. Hammer, Lucy E. Hargis, Melanie E. Miller, Ellen L. Usher
Summary: Engineering students face high levels of stress, which can negatively impact their mental health. However, they are less likely to seek professional help compared to their peers, even after considering gender and race/ethnicity. This study explored the beliefs of undergraduate engineering students regarding barriers and facilitators to seeking mental health help, as well as cultural and systemic factors that may affect help-seeking. These beliefs influence students' personal agency in seeking mental health care.
JOURNAL OF ENGINEERING EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Emily Banwell, Pamela Qualter, Neil Humphrey
Summary: Ensuring access to mental health support for children and young people from various sources is crucial. A study in Greater Manchester, UK explored professionals' experiences with mental health training following the THRIVE Framework, identifying barriers and facilitators. The study generated recommendations for the training program, including promoting peer interaction and clarifying jargon.
BMC MEDICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Review
Nursing
Ying Hu, Sasa Huang, Meili Xiao, Bing Fu, Guanxiu Tang, Lisa Lommel, Jun Lei
Summary: The objective of this study was to identify barriers and facilitators related to psychological help-seeking behaviors of perinatal depression from various stakeholders. A total of 43 articles were included, with the most common barriers being stigma, misconceptions, cultural beliefs, and lack of social support. The most common facilitators were providing adequate support, professional training, and eroding stigma.
Review
Oncology
Dorothy Leahy, Alanna Donnelly, Kelly Irwin, Paul D'Alton
Summary: The study found that individuals with significant mental health difficulties face various barriers in cancer care from patients, clinicians/systems. Meanwhile, being closely connected with mental health services and controlling psychiatric symptoms is a key factor in helping these individuals access cancer care and complete cancer treatment.
Article
Ethics
Kristina Edvardsson, Rhonda Small, Ann Lalos, Margareta Persson, Ingrid Mogren
BMC MEDICAL ETHICS
(2015)
Article
Psychiatry
Aline Umubyeyi, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
SOCIAL PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIOLOGY
(2016)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Kristina Edvardsson, Ingrid Mogren, Ann Lalos, Margareta Persson, Rhonda Small
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2015)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Annika Ahman, Margareta Persson, Kristina Edvardsson, Ann Lalos, Sophie Graner, Rhonda Small, Ingrid Mogren
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2015)
Article
Obstetrics & Gynecology
Margareta Persson, Anna Winkvist, Ingrid Mogren
BMC PREGNANCY AND CHILDBIRTH
(2015)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kristina Edvardsson, Sophie Graner, Lan Pham Thi, Annika Ahman, Rhonda Small, Ann Lalos, Ingrid Mogren
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
(2015)
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
David Olsson, Ingrid Mogren, Kristina Eneroth, Bertil Forsberg
Article
Medicine, General & Internal
Lawrence Rugema, Ingrid Mogren, Joseph Ntaganira, Gunilla Krantz
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Sophia Holmlund, Joseph Ntaganira, Kristina Edvardsson, Pham Thi Lan, Jean Paul Semasaka Sengoma, Annika Ahman, Rhonda Small, Ingrid Mogren
GLOBAL HEALTH ACTION
(2017)
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Multidisciplinary Sciences
Ingrid Mogren, Maria Lindqvist, Kerstin Petersson, Carin Nilses, Rhonda Small, Gabriel Granasen, Kristina Edvardsson
Article
Rehabilitation
Karin Valinger Aggeryd, Cecilia Bergstrom, Ingrid Mogren, Margareta Persson
Summary: This study aims to explore women's descriptions of symptoms and coping strategies for persistent pregnancy-related lumbopelvic pain. The results show that this pain has a greater negative impact on women's lives and various aspects than previously known.
DISABILITY AND REHABILITATION
(2022)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Annika Ahman, Kristina Edvardsson, Hussein Lesio Kidanto, Matilda Ngarina, Rhonda Small, Ingrid Mogren
SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
(2018)
Article
Rehabilitation
Cecilia Bergstrom, Margareta Persson, Ingrid Mogren
CHIROPRACTIC & MANUAL THERAPIES
(2016)
Article
Public, Environmental & Occupational Health
Kristina Edvardsson, Annika Ahman, Tove Anita Fagerli, Elisabeth Darj, Sophia Holmlund, Rhonda Small, Ingrid Mogren
SEXUAL & REPRODUCTIVE HEALTHCARE
(2018)