Publications by authors named "M Moessner"
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- This study explored the factors that affect help-seeking behavior among adolescents with mental health issues in Germany, focusing on sociodemographic and clinical elements.
- Out of 9,509 participants, 16.9% displayed significant mental health problems, with 55.7% having sought help, primarily from informal sources rather than professionals.
- The research found that higher levels of mental health issues and positive help-seeking attitudes were key predictors of professional help-seeking, highlighting the need to promote help-seeking behaviors and tackle barriers in mental health services for adolescents.
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- * The study aimed to understand the patterns of skin picking in real-time using ecological momentary assessment (EMA), focusing on the characteristics and intensity of skin picking episodes and differentiating between automatic and focused behaviors.
- * A sample of 57 participants (mostly female, average age 29) completed a total of 3758 EMA assessments, revealing that they experienced an average of 2.57 skin picking episodes per day, typically lasting between 10 and 30 minutes.
Intentions and barriers to help-seeking in adolescents and young adults differing in depression severity: cross-sectional results from a school-based mental health project.
Child Adolesc Psychiatry Ment Health
July 2024
Background: Mental health problems, such as depression, have a high prevalence in young people. However, the majority of youths suffering from depression do not seek professional help. This study aimed to compare help-seeking behavior, intentions and perceived barriers between youthswith different levels of depressive symptoms.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFObjective: The network approach implies that the persistence of a mental disorder is rooted in a dense causal interconnection of symptoms. This study attempts to replicate and generalize previous findings in support of the assumption that higher density predicts poorer outcomes. The study examines the predictive value of network density at admission for recovery after inpatient treatment.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Mental health (MH) problems in youth are prevalent, burdening, and frequently persistent. Despite the existence of effective treatment, the uptake of professional help is low, particularly due to attitudinal barriers.
Objective: This study evaluated the effectiveness and acceptability of 2 video-based microinterventions aimed at reducing barriers to MH treatment and increasing the likelihood of seeking professional help in young people.