Yui Yamaoka, Manami Ochi, Mitsuru Fukui, Aya Isumi, Satomi Doi, Takeo Fujiwara, Nobutoshi Nawa
Home visitors' needs and perceptions of the benefits of a home visiting program for childcare support in Japan: A qualitative study of home visitors
Child abuse & neglect
mental disorders increasingly prevalent among adolescents without appropriate response variety reasons unmet mental health needs including attitudinal structural barriers accordingly investigated perceived mental health needs using mental health services barriers adolescents crosssectional study conducted 2022 shiraz iran demographic characteristics adolescent unmet needs checklist young schema questionnaire administered 348 adolescents aged 1319 years adolescents classified needs fully met needs partially met needs wholly unmet needs logistic regression analysis used determine factors associated perceived unmet need refer participants healthcare centers 193 555 adolescents reported perceived need mental healthcare 216 reported fully 216 partially unmet needs noticeably 124 needy participants reported met need reluctance seek mental healthcare asked receiving help common barriers using services present study reveals unmet mental healthcare needs significant public health concern among adolescents address significant concern reorientation primary care removing economic barriers mental healthcare services improving health literacy community recommended