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SynthesisEuropean child & adolescent psychiatry2017

What do parents perceive are the barriers and facilitators to accessing psychological treatment for mental health problems in children and adolescents? A systematic review of qualitative and quantitative studies.

Tessa Reardon, Kate Harvey, Magdalena Baranowska, Doireann O'Brien, Lydia Smith, Cathy Creswell

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Synthesis in European child & adolescent psychiatry, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 283 papers, 15 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

283 citing papers in PubMed, 15 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Biofeedback-based Digital Games and Well-being in Childhood: A Systematic Review.Research on child and adolescent psychopathology · 2025
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  11. Integrated care models for youth mental health: A systematic review and meta-analysis.The Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry · 2024
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  14. Universal Child Mental Health Screening for Parents: a Systematic Review of the Evidence.Prevention science : the official journal of the Society for Prevention Research · 2024
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  15. Suicide among transport industry workers: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Scandinavian journal of work, environment & health · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Tessa ReardonSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Kate HarveySchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK. k.n.harvey@reading.ac.uk.
Magdalena BaranowskaSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Doireann O'BrienSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Lydia SmithSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.
Cathy CreswellSchool of Psychology and Clinical Language Sciences, University of Reading, Reading, UK.

Funding

Department of Health RP_2014-04-018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A minority of children and adolescents with mental health problems access treatment. The reasons for poor rates of treatment access are not well understood. As parents are a key gatekeeper to treatment access, it is important to establish parents' views of barriers/facilitators to accessing treatment. The aims of this study are to synthesise findings from qualitative and quantitative studies that report parents' perceptions of barriers/facilitators to accessing treatment for mental health problems in children/adolescents. A systematic review and narrative synthesis were conducted. Forty-four studies were included in the review and were assessed in detail. Parental perceived barriers/facilitators relating to (1) systemic/structural issues; (2) views and attitudes towards services and treatment; (3) knowledge and understanding of mental health problems and the help-seeking process; and (4) family circumstances were identified. Findings highlight avenues for improving access to child mental health services, including increased provision that is free to service users and flexible to their needs, with opportunities to develop trusting, supportive relationships with professionals. Furthermore, interventions are required to improve parents' identification of mental health problems, reduce stigma for parents, and increase awareness of how to access services.

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AdolescentChildChild, PreschoolEvaluation Studies as TopicHumansMental HealthMental Health ServicesParentsQualitative ResearchAdolescentsBarriersChildrenMental healthTreatment access

Identifiers

PMID28054223
PMCPMC5446558

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