Journal article
Factors associated with service use for young adolescents with mental health problems: Findings from an Australian longitudinal study
SM Ryan, JW Toumbourou, AF Jorm
Sage Open | Published : 2014
Open access
Abstract
The objective of the study wasto identify factors associated with use of services for adolescent mental health problems in an Australian community-based sample. Logistic regression analysis was conducted on data collected from 636 parents and their adolescent child to identify individual and family variables predicting parent report of service use for mental health problems in the adolescent 12 months later. The services most reported by parents to have been accessed were schoolbased ones. Multivariate analysis found that the following were associated with service use 12 months later: the adolescent being female, parent report of peer problems and hyperactivity, single-parent household, the ..
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Funding Acknowledgements
The data collection was completed with funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council (Project Grant Nos. 251721), the Alcohol Education and Rehabilitation Foundation, and the Grosvenor Settlement Philanthropic Trust. Professor Toumbourou was supported by a VicHealth Senior Research Fellowship and Professor Jorm was supported by an NHMRC Australia Fellowship. Parent recruitment was supported by pro bono work from the staff of Beaton Wellmark. The authors declare their independence from the funders and from any tobacco, alcohol, pharmaceutical or gaming industries or anybody substantially funded by one of these organizations. The funding bodies impose no contractual constraints on publishing.