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Helping Youth Succeed, Tami Pyfer, T. Lee, Glen Jenson Nov 2011

Helping Youth Succeed, Tami Pyfer, T. Lee, Glen Jenson

Tami W. Pyfer

No abstract provided.


Helping Youth Succeed: Strengthening Family Ties, T. Lee, Tami Pyfer Nov 2011

Helping Youth Succeed: Strengthening Family Ties, T. Lee, Tami Pyfer

Tami W. Pyfer

No abstract provided.


Early Access And Help Seeking: Practice Implications And New Initiatives., Coralie J. Wilson Dec 2010

Early Access And Help Seeking: Practice Implications And New Initiatives., Coralie J. Wilson

Coralie J Wilson

Seeking appropriate help for early signs and symptoms of psychological distress can reduce the long-term impact of many mental disorders. This article describes practice implications and new initiatives for promoting early access and help-seeking among young people. Relevant help-seeking research is reviewed, and prominent help-seeking barriers are discussed. Prominent barriers for young people include: incomplete mental health and emotional literacy, beliefs about having little need for help versus having a need for autonomy, and the process of help-negation for different symptoms of psychological distress. To improve early access to appropriate help and mental health services, barriers that can be reduced, …