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For all adults in the second quarter of 2024, at least 1 in 10 people (13%) reported using mental health counseling in the past year, up from a little over 12% in 2022.
Another obstacle to receiving mental health services may be related to the finances of the family. [11] Parents reported they needed to focus more on their basic/immediate needs before than their child's mental health. [11] 43% of mothers of African American youth believed that mental health services would be too expensive. [13]
Studies have found that the stigma associated with mental health problems can impact care seeking and participation. Reasons that decrease the likelihood of care seeking include prejudice against people with mental health illnesses as well as just the expectation of prejudice and discrimination for those who seek treatment. [66]
The Attribution Questionnaire (AQ) [1] is a 27-item self-report assessment tool designed to measure public stigma towards people with mental illnesses. It assesses emotional reaction and discriminatory responses based on answers to a hypothetical vignette about a man with schizophrenia named Harry. There are several different versions of the ...
Mental health inequality refers to the differences in the quality, access, and health care different communities and populations receive for mental health services. Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that 350 million people are affected with depressive disorders . [ 1 ]
The most recent data available from the CDC indicate about 78% of children ages 12-17 with mental health problems received some form of mental health treatment in 2019. That means that roughly 1 ...
For example, evidence from a refugee camp in Jordan suggests that providing mental health care comes with a dilemma: between the clinical desire to make mental health issues visible and actionable through datafication and the need to keep mental health issues hidden and out of the view of the community to avoid stigma.
Research shows that identifying and talking about suicidality can reduce the risk of suicide, which is why it's important to know the warning signs of a mental health crisis. Some common signs of ...