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It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood: Overcoming barriers regarding children’s mental health against help-seeking via community social capital

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  • Cassidy Smith
  • Brien K. Ashdown
  • Alessa Dixe
  • Joey Guarnaccia

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One in five children suffers from mental illness, yet estimates suggest that for various reasons, 50%-70% of these children are not receiving sufficient care. This study examines how mental illness stigma and parents’ help-seeking for their children interact with community social capital and demographic factors. Parents (N = 104) of children ages three to eight in the Northeastern USA completed a questionnaire that included measures of social capital, mental illness stigma, help-seeking attitudes, and children’s current psychosocial symptoms. The lowest rate of mental illness was among children of high SES. Most children in need were not receiving treatment, which is likely a result of parents not recognizing the symptoms of mental illness. Greater social capital was associated with less stigma and more positive attitudes toward help-seeking. These findings suggest that interventions focused on increasing parents’ knowledge of mental health and increasing social capital within the community will increase effective parental help-seeking for children.

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  • Cassidy Smith & Brien K. Ashdown & Alessa Dixe & Joey Guarnaccia, 2021. "It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood: Overcoming barriers regarding children’s mental health against help-seeking via community social capital," Community Development, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 52(3), pages 265-285, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:comdev:v:52:y:2021:i:3:p:265-285
    DOI: 10.1080/15575330.2020.1852437
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