Young people's difficulty in talking to others about mental health problems: An analysis of time trends in Switzerland

Abstract

The article aimed to analyse time trends regarding young people's willingness to talk about mental health problems. Data on 16,774 participants (16-20-year olds) of the 'Swiss Multicentre Adolescent Survey on Health' (SMASH) were analysed. The survey was conducted in 1992/93 and in 2002. Logistic regression analyses were conducted to identify predictors associated with the self-reported willingness of youth to talk about mental health problems with adults (other than parents), friends or no one. Socio-demographic characteristics were used as covariates. These analyses were first carried out for the total sample and, in a second step, stratified by suicidality of the participants. The percent..