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ArticleJournal of child & adolescent trauma2025

"I Felt Like There Was Something Wrong in My Brain": Growing Up with Trauma - How Young People Conceptualise, Self-Manage and Seek Help for Mental Health Problems.

Louise Lynch, Anne Moorhead, Maggie Long, Isobel Hawthorne Steele

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Article in Journal of child & adolescent trauma, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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4 authors.

Louise LynchSchool of Communication and Media, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, Ulster University, York Street, Belfast, County Antrim BT15 1ED Northern Ireland.ORCID 0000-0001-5965-0508
Anne MoorheadSchool of Communication and Media, Institute for Nursing and Health Research, Ulster University, York Street, Belfast, County Antrim BT15 1ED Northern Ireland.ORCID 0000-0002-8585-2987
Maggie LongSchool of Communication and Media, Centre for Communication and Media Research, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, York Street, Belfast, County Antrim BT15 1ED Northern Ireland.
Isobel Hawthorne SteeleSchool of Applied Social and Policy Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, York Street, Belfast, County Antrim, BT15 1ED Northern Ireland.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Youth mental health is an important global healthcare topic and early interventions that are timely and evidence-based to support young people can increase quality of life and lower deaths by suicide. Research exploring young people's mental health experiences and how they manage can further understanding into help-seeking processes. Objective: This study aimed to explore young people's experiences of living with and managing mental health problems and how this impacts professional help-seeking. Methods: Eighteen young people were recruited, aged 16-25 years, with experiences of help-seeking to services for mental health problems ( Findings: The findings were presented across Conclusion: Through an enhanced understanding about how young people experience mental distress, developmental pressure points, marginalisation and stigma, mental health providers can prioritise individualised approaches to healthcare that can both respect a young person's individual conceptualizations and positively leverage self-management strategies, which can contribute positively to young people's development, quality of life, and healthcare outcomes.

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Help-seekingMental health experiencesStigmaTraumaYoung people

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PMID40098777
PMCPMC11910494

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