“When you’re in the office, it means you managed to get somewhere”: An interpretive descriptive study of the perceptions of adolescents accessing primary care for mental health services
A novel conceptual framework to depict the process of access for adolescents is proposed. Primary care practitioners require awareness of the access process adolescents conceptualize prior to deciding to seek help in primary care, as well as the need to foster their emerging adulthood in care. Targeted interventions to enable early intervention include providing information about mental health services available during routine interactions.
Authors
- Ruta Valaitis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3117-0542)
- Lisa De Panfilis
- Gillian Mulvale (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0546-6910)
- Rebecca Ganann (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7566-8932)
- Naomi Thulien Np-Phc
Institutions
- St. Michael's Hospital (CA)
- Health Solutions (Sweden) (SE)
- Public Health Ontario (CA)
- Centre for Global Health Research (CA)
- St Michael’s Hospital (GB)
- McMaster University (CA)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Health Care Transitions
- Published
- 2025-01-01
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hctj.2024.100093
- Citations
- 3
- Primary Topic
- Family Support in Illness
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 12.60
Funders
- Canadian Nurses Foundation
- H. Lundbeck A/S
- Lundbeck Canada