ArticleGlobal mental health (Cambridge, England)2026
Lived experiences of mental health stigma and help-seeking among young Barbadians living with mental health conditions: A qualitative study.
Article in Global mental health (Cambridge, England), 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
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.
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.
Who cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
6 authors.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
In recent years, there has been increased public concern surrounding the mental health of young people in Barbados. A significant challenge for young people experiencing mental health conditions is stigma, which is a key barrier to help-seeking. This study aimed to explore how young Barbadians with mental health conditions experience and respond to mental health stigma and help-seeking. Qualitative semi-structured interviews were conducted in 2022 with 28 Barbadians aged 18-24 years who reported being diagnosed with a mental health condition, or self-identifying as having experienced mental health challenges. The data were analysed through reflexive thematic analysis. The findings highlighted the importance of culture in how mental health is perceived, and the role of anticipated and experienced stigma deterring help-seeking. Social networks acted as both facilitators and barriers to stigma and help-seeking, and mixed experiences and opinions of formal services raised concerns regarding the quality of care and accessibility. These findings highlight the need for locally informed, culturally relevant strategies and interventions to address and reduce stigma, facilitate help-seeking and improve care outcomes within the community in Barbados.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.