Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39969671›Full record

ArticleCommunity mental health journal2025

Youth Emotional Pathways to Mental Health Services: I Came to Foundry to "Remember What it Feels Like to Cry".

Shelly Ben-David, Michelle Biddell, Jessica P Lougheed, Chantal Vien, Radha Ortiz, David Kealy, Shelagh Turner, Mike Gawliuk, Steve Mathias, Skye Barbic

Abstract read
PubMed Publisher
In one paragraph

Article in Community mental health journal, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
1citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

1 citing paper in PubMed.

  1. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

10 authors.

Shelly Ben-DavidDepartment of Social Work, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1147 Research Rd., British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada. shelly.ben-david@ubc.ca.ORCID 0000-0002-7582-2565
Michelle BiddellDepartment of Social Work, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1147 Research Rd., British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada.
Jessica P LougheedDepartment of Psychology, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1147 Research Rd., British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada.
Chantal VienDepartment of Social Work, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1147 Research Rd., British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada.
Radha OrtizDepartment of Social Work, University of British Columbia Okanagan, 1147 Research Rd., British Columbia, Kelowna, V1V 1V7, Canada.
David KealyDepartment of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, 2255 Wesbrook Mall Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A1, Canada.
Shelagh TurnerThe Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna, 504 Sutherland Ave, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5X1, Canada.
Mike GawliukThe Canadian Mental Health Association Kelowna, 504 Sutherland Ave, Kelowna, BC, V1Y 5X1, Canada.
Steve MathiasDepartment of Psychiatry and Foundry, University of British Columbia Vancouver, 2255 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2A1, Canada.
Skye BarbicDepartment of Occupational Science and Occupational Therapy, University of British Columbia Vancouver, 2211 Wesbrook Mall, Vancouver, BC, V6T 2B5, Canada.

Funding

Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar award 18249Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Insight development grant 430-2018-00471
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mental health difficulties typically develop during adolescence, yet service utilization rates among youth are low. We sought to understand perspectives among Canadian youth accessing mental health services at an integrated youth services centre called Foundry. Forty-one semi-structured qualitative interviews were conducted with youth aged 15-24 years. A grounded theory framework was developed. Youth described emotional experiences of distress as catalysts to seeking mental health services. They also discussed challenges in understanding their own emotions as barriers to accessing mental health services. Gender identity and norms influenced participants' experiences of accessing services. Anxious emotions were predominantly associated with youths' experiences with seeking mental health services. Conversely, once at Foundry, over half the youth experienced positive emotions about help-seeking, with more than half of these youth continuing to access services post interview. Providing Integrated Youth Services like Foundry can increase service engagement and support adaptive emotional development for youth of all genders.

Indexed as

EmotionsMental DisordersMental Health ServicesPatient Acceptance of Health CareAdolescentCanadaFemaleGrounded TheoryHealth Services AccessibilityHumansInterviews as TopicMaleQualitative ResearchYoung AdultEmotionsIntegrated youth servicesMental health and illnessMental health service useYoung adultsYouth

Identifiers

PMID39969671

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.