TY - JOUR
KW - Adolescent
KW - Adolescent Psychiatry
KW - Adult
KW - Female
KW - Health Care Surveys
KW - Health Services Needs and Demand
KW - Humans
KW - Israel
KW - Male
KW - Mental Disorders
KW - Mental Health Services/utilization
KW - Mothers
KW - Primary Health Care/utilization
KW - Referral and Consultation/utilization
AU - I. Mansbach-Kleinfeld
AU - H. Palti
AU - A. Ifrah
AU - D. Levinson
AU - I. Farbstein
A1 - 
AB - BACKGROUND: Few adolescents with mental disorders consult mental health professionals or informal care providers, but many visit primary health care services. Primary care practitioners (PCP) have then the opportunity to identify and refer these adolescents to specialist services. METHODS: The Israel Survey of Mental Health among Adolescents conducted in 2004-2005 interviewed 957 adolescents and their mothers using the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) diagnostic inventory and questions related to mental health and primary health care service use. Response rate in the located sample was 80%. RESULTS: Nearly 70% of adolescents had visited a PCP, more among adolescents with mental disorders and among those belonging to the Jewish majority group. Among adolescents with mental disorders whose mothers did not consult any mental health specialist, 76.5% visited a PCP. CONCLUSIONS: Over 75% of adolescents with a mental disorder, who did not seek help from any mental health service provider in the past 12 months, visited a PCP in that period. The PCP's potential to identify, treat or refer untreated adolescents in need of mental care to specialized services is discussed.
BT - The Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences
C5 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
CP - 3
CY - Israel
IS - 3
JF - The Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences
N2 - BACKGROUND: Few adolescents with mental disorders consult mental health professionals or informal care providers, but many visit primary health care services. Primary care practitioners (PCP) have then the opportunity to identify and refer these adolescents to specialist services. METHODS: The Israel Survey of Mental Health among Adolescents conducted in 2004-2005 interviewed 957 adolescents and their mothers using the Development and Well-Being Assessment (DAWBA) diagnostic inventory and questions related to mental health and primary health care service use. Response rate in the located sample was 80%. RESULTS: Nearly 70% of adolescents had visited a PCP, more among adolescents with mental disorders and among those belonging to the Jewish majority group. Among adolescents with mental disorders whose mothers did not consult any mental health specialist, 76.5% visited a PCP. CONCLUSIONS: Over 75% of adolescents with a mental disorder, who did not seek help from any mental health service provider in the past 12 months, visited a PCP in that period. The PCP's potential to identify, treat or refer untreated adolescents in need of mental care to specialized services is discussed.
PP - Israel
PY - 2011
SN - 0333-7308; 0333-7308
SP - 150
EP - 156
EP - 
T1 - Missed chances: primary care practitioners' opportunity to identify, treat and refer adolescents with mental disorders
T2 - The Israel journal of psychiatry and related sciences
TI - Missed chances: primary care practitioners' opportunity to identify, treat and refer adolescents with mental disorders
U1 - Education & Workforce; Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 22141138
VL - 48
VO - 0333-7308; 0333-7308
Y1 - 2011
ER -