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Objective: When a person is missing, those left behind are at increased risk of experiencing mental health difficulties. However, little is known about mental health help-seeking among this population. The current study explored relationships between sociodemographic variables, loss characteristics, psychological symptoms, psychological disorder ”caseness”, and help-seeking behaviour among people with a missing loved one. Method: One hundred and ten people with a missing loved one completed a questionnaire assessing help-seeking and symptoms of psychological distress, prolonged grief and p...

Young people living in families impacted by familial mental illness are at increased risk of various negative mental and physical health outcomes. Prevention and early intervention programmes are useful in mitigating the risk of transgenerational transmission of mental illness. Therapeutic recreation camps constitute a novel approach to mental health early intervention and prevention for these young people, incorporating educational experiences within a peer-based environment. This study assessed the outcomes of attending the Australian Kookaburra Kids Foundation camps for young people living ...

Background: Mental illness is a serious concern among adolescent males, as many disorders have their onset during adolescence and males are particularly reluctant to seek help. Increasing the rate of help-seeking amongst adolescent males is necessary to reduce the global burden of mental illness and protect the future health of this population. Organised sport may be an ideal vehicle for the delivery of mental health promotion to adolescent males. Aims: The aims of the research presented within this thesis are to: a) survey and describe current approaches to mental health promotion by sporting...

Most research investigating the effect of continuum beliefs on stigma has used weak manipulations which may contribute to mixed findings within the experimental literature. There is also a lack of research into how continuum belief manipulations may impact help-seeking and help-provision. This study used an online manipulation of continuum and categorical beliefs about schizophrenia to examine the subsequent impacts on stigma, help-seeking, and help-provision. A total of 271 participants were randomised into either a continuum, categorical, or control condition. Participants received an inform...

Suggests that. on the other hand, he apparently did not seek out anyone at school to say directly please help me. so there may have been a component of help seeking, he certainly, as far as we know, didn't make that e police it to anyone at the school. >> they did not. now we know these kids, these students are going to be traumatized as they have to go back to school at some appointment i'm sure there are normal signs of behavioral changes, some anxiety, some fear. talk to us as parents, what do we need to know and do to make sure our kids are managing these emotions? >> i think parents need ...