Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry
ARTICLESMental Health Service Use Among 18-Year-Old Adolescent Boys: A Prospective 10-Year Follow-up Study
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METHOD
This investigation is part of the nationwide From a Boy to a Man study, a 10-year follow-up study included in the Epidemiological Multicenter Child Psychiatric Study in Finland (Almqvist et al., 1999). The research plan was approved by the Joint Commission on Ethics of Turku University and Turku University Central Hospital. The first assessment was conducted in October and November 1989, and the follow-up assessment 10 years later at the time of call-up of this age group of young men, between
Use of Services
Altogether, 48 (2.1%) of 2,316 respondents had sought professional help during the previous 12 months because of behavioral, emotional, or relational problems. Seven respondents (0.3% of the total sample) had been in psychiatric inpatient treatment, and the rest of the group had used outpatient mental health services. When assessed with a single question “Do you have emotional, behavioral or relational problems?,” only 4.5% of the 515 with mild problems, and 15.7% of the 89 with moderate or
Use of Services
Only approximately 2% of 18-year-old boys had used mental services during the previous 12 months, a rate considerably lower than the estimated population prevalence of psychopathology among adolescents. This result is alarming because only 10% of those within the clinical range on the YASR Total Problem Scale and 15% of those reporting definite or severe perceived problems when assessed with a single question “Do you have emotional, behavioral, or relational problems?” had been in contact with
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This study was supported by the Sigrid Juselius Foundation, and Signe and Arne Gyllenberg Foundation.