Adolescents who need help the most are the least likely to seek it: The relationship between low emotional competence and low intention to seek help

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Mental Health Education: An Evaluation of a Classroom Based Strategy to Modify Help Seeking for Mental Health Problems (2006, background): “Second, although health surveys indicate that close to 62% of persons with mental disorders do not seek professional help, a large percentage of individuals experiencing psychological distress do seek help from a variety of nonprofessional sources such as family members, friends, priests, community ”
Do difficulties with emotions inhibit help-seeking in adolescence? The role of age and emotional competence in predicting help-seeking intentions (2003, background): “There has been substantial research on emotional competencies in the last decade (Ciarrochi et al., 2000; Ciarrochi et al., 2001, 2002; Mayer et al., 1999; Salovey et al., 1993; Salovey and Mayer, 1990).”
Young people’s help-seeking for mental health problems (2005, background): “In particular, teaching adolescents to accurately identify and effectively manage emotions may not only lead to increases in the quality of their social support (Ciarrochi et al., 2002), it may also make them more willing to use that support in times of need.”