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Community stakeholders' perspectives on youth mental health in India : problems, challenges and recommendations

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Dhandapani, Vijaya Raghavan, Chandrasekaran, Sangeetha, Singh, Saurabh, Sood, Mamta, Chadda, Rakesh K, Shah, Jai, Iyer, Srividya, Meyer, Caroline, Mohan, Mohapradeep, Birchwood, Max, Madan, Jason, Currie, Graeme, Ramachandran, Padmavati, Rangaswamy, Thara and Singh, Swaran P. (2021) Community stakeholders' perspectives on youth mental health in India : problems, challenges and recommendations. Early Intervention in Psychiatry, 15 (3). pp. 716-722. doi:10.1111/eip.12984 ISSN 1751-7885. [ 🗎 Public]. [ (✓) hoa:511 ]

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Abstract

Background:
India has a large youth population whose mental health needs must be addressed. This includes promotion of positive mental health, with early detection and effective intervention for mental health disorders. Understanding the perspectives of community stakeholders working with youth is pivotal to this effort. Current study aimed to bring together a group of community stakeholders (eg, parents, teachers, policy makers) to understand their perspectives on youth mental health problems, challenges in provision of care, and to provide recommendations to address these concerns at national level.

Materials and methods:
The study was conducted across two sites in India: Chennai and New Delhi. Three group meetings were conducted involving 52 participants, including governmental, non‐governmental and community representatives working with youth. The proceedings were manually recorded, transcribed, and analyzed using thematic analysis method.

Results:
Many youth mental health problems were similar across the two sites. The commonest drivers of mental health problems were reported to be academic pressure, substance use and problematic internet/social media use. Stigma and lack of awareness were identified as the most important challenges acting as barriers to seeking mental health help by youth. Prioritizing youth mental health as a national programmes along with strong political will were the major recommendations suggested by the stakeholders.

Conclusion:
Initial findings suggest that prioritizing youth mental health programmes in India would be advantageous. Inclusive and collaborative approach, involving community stakeholders working with youth in providing services that promote mental health and early access to care will help in developing healthy young citizens.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics
Divisions: Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School > Entrepreneurship, Innovation & Management
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences > Mental Health and Wellbeing
Faculty of Social Sciences > Warwick Business School
Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Child mental health services -- India, Youth -- Mental health services -- India, Mental health services -- India, Public health -- Research -- India
Journal or Publication Title: Early Intervention in Psychiatry
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
ISSN: 1751-7885
Official Date: June 2021
Dates:
DateEvent
June 2021Published
21 May 2020Available
28 April 2020Accepted
Volume: 15
Number: 3
Page Range: pp. 716-722
DOI: 10.1111/eip.12984
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Reuse Statement (publisher, data, author rights): This is the peer reviewed version of the following article: Dhandapani, VR, Chandrasekaran, S, Singh, S, et al. Community stakeholders' perspectives on youth mental health in India: Problems, challenges and recommendations. Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 2020; 1– 7. https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12984, which has been published in final form at https://doi.org/10.1111/eip.12984. This article may be used for non-commercial purposes in accordance with Wiley Terms and Conditions for Use of Self-Archived Versions.
Access rights to Published version: Restricted or Subscription Access
Date of first compliant deposit: 29 June 2020
Date of first compliant Open Access: 21 May 2022
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
UNSPECIFIED[NIHR] National Institute for Health Researchhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000272
UNSPECIFIEDNational Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Applied Research Centre (ARC) West MidlandsUNSPECIFIED
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