TY - JOUR
T1 - Traditional and Nontraditional Mental Healthcare Services
T2 - Usage and Preferences Among Adolescents and Younger Adults
AU - Cohen, Katherine A.
AU - Stiles-Shields, Colleen
AU - Winquist, Nathan
AU - Lattie, Emily G.
N1 - Funding Information:
Emily G. Lattie is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (K08 MH112878). Colleen Stiles-Shields is supported by a fellowship from the Cohn Family Foundation.
Funding Information:
REDCap is supported at FSM by the Northwestern University Clinical and Translational Science (NUCATS) Institute. Research reported in this publication was supported, in part, by the National Institutes of Health’s National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, Grant Number UL1TR001422. Emily G. Lattie is supported by a grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (K08 MH112878). Colleen Stiles-Shields is supported by a fellowship from the Cohn Family Foundation.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021, National Council for Behavioral Health.
PY - 2021/10
Y1 - 2021/10
N2 - In recent years, nontraditional mental healthcare services and tools (e.g., mobile apps, peer counselors, online support groups) have been developed to increase access to and utilization of behavioral health services. This study investigates how adolescents and younger adults use and perceive various nontraditional mental healthcare services in comparison to traditional services and in comparison to each other. A questionnaire-based study was conducted that included 203 participants between the ages of 17 and 37 (M = 25.01, SD = 5.04). Results showed that while usage rates of nontraditional mental health services were considerably high, the highest rates were reported for traditional services. Similarly, participants reported high levels of willingness to use nontraditional services, yet the highest levels of willingness were reported for traditional services. These findings suggest that the integration of nontraditional services with traditional services may be particularly impactful for young people.
AB - In recent years, nontraditional mental healthcare services and tools (e.g., mobile apps, peer counselors, online support groups) have been developed to increase access to and utilization of behavioral health services. This study investigates how adolescents and younger adults use and perceive various nontraditional mental healthcare services in comparison to traditional services and in comparison to each other. A questionnaire-based study was conducted that included 203 participants between the ages of 17 and 37 (M = 25.01, SD = 5.04). Results showed that while usage rates of nontraditional mental health services were considerably high, the highest rates were reported for traditional services. Similarly, participants reported high levels of willingness to use nontraditional services, yet the highest levels of willingness were reported for traditional services. These findings suggest that the integration of nontraditional services with traditional services may be particularly impactful for young people.
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U2 - 10.1007/s11414-020-09746-w
DO - 10.1007/s11414-020-09746-w
M3 - Article
C2 - 33474642
AN - SCOPUS:85099587598
SN - 1094-3412
VL - 48
SP - 537
EP - 553
JO - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
JF - Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research
IS - 4
ER -
