ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2026
Multi-Stakeholder Perspectives on Barriers to Mental Health Support for Informal Caregivers.
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backgroundInformal caregivers experience elevated psychological distress but face substantial challenges in accessing mental health support. Prior research has focused primarily on individual or interpersonal determinants, with less attention to how organizational, community, and policy contexts shape access and contribute to inequities in service availability.
methodsFifty-one stakeholders, including 17 informal caregivers, 23 community health workers (CHWs), and 11 mental health professionals, completed a demographic survey and 60-90-min semi-structured interviews in English or Spanish. Data were analyzed using thematic analysis, combining deductive coding guided by the Socioecological Model with inductive identification of emergent themes.
resultsParticipants identified both barriers and supports influencing access to caregiver mental health support across socioecological levels. Individual-level barriers included limited mental health literacy, stigma, competing responsibilities, and language or technology challenges. Interpersonal barriers reflected family minimization of distress and limited encouragement for help-seeking. Organizational barriers involved program instability, restrictive eligibility criteria, long wait times, limited cultural responsiveness, and workplace constraints, while community-level influences included stigma and scarce affordable services. Policy-level barriers reflected immigration-related exclusions and the absence of caregiver-specific mental health coverage. Identified supports, such as CHW navigation and culturally responsive services, were often constrained by structural and organizational limitations.
conclusionsCaregivers face intersecting, multilevel barriers that constrain access to mental health support, while available supports are frequently insufficient to overcome structural constraints. Findings highlight the need for coordinated public health and systems-level strategies that address organizational and policy conditions shaping equitable access to caregiver mental health care.
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