Mental health and resilience in young people on Saint Helena Island.
This study explored the mental health needs and strengths of young people (aged 11–18 years) living on the remote island of Saint Helena (SH). 24 young people and their carers completed standardised inventories assessing mental health and resilience, of whom 15 of the young people and their carers p...
| Publicado en: | Clinical Child Psychology & Psychiatry Vol. 30; no. 2; pp. 264 - 279 |
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Sage Publications Inc.
Apr2025
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Descriptive data were reported based on the quantitative measures and thematic analysis was applied to the interview transcripts. A number of young people were found to meet criteria for mental health problems while they showed high levels of resilience. The themes derived from young people's interviews were broadly centred around mental health boosters, including personal successes, social interactions, engagement in pleasurable activities and use of anxiety management strategies; and around limitations of living in SH in terms of limited resources and difficulty in maintaining trust in the community. From the carers, the themes revolved around awareness of mental health needs and strengths in young people, perceived barriers to access support mainly due to apprehensions around stigma and anonymity. Recommendations for improvement of mental health provision are made. Plain Language Summary: Limited research has been carried out on the mental health of young people who live in remote geographical places. This study explored mental health and resilience in a group of young people living on Saint Helena Island. A total of 24 young people and their carers completed questionnaires assessing mental health and resilience and within the group 15 young people and their carers completed interviews with a researcher. We used the scores on the questionnaires to describe the characteristics of the young people and we analysed the interviews for themes denoting common patterns in attitudes, perceptions and behaviours. Young people and their carers reported mental health problems and needs but, positively, high levels of resilience too in young people. The themes derived from young people's interviews were broadly centred around mental health boosters, including personal successes, social interactions, engaging in pleasurable activities and using anxiety management strategies; and around limitations of living in Saint Helena Island in terms of limited resources and difficulty in maintaining trust in the community. From the side of the carers, the generated themes revolved around awareness of mental health needs and strengths in young people through their observed behaviours, perceived barriers to accessing mental health support mainly due to concerns around stigma and maintaining anonymity, and recommendations for improvement of mental health service provision involving further training and psychoeducation. Implications for future research are discussed such as why the number of people who consented to participate was small and how the findings from the current study could be used to inform and improve child and adolescent mental health service provision on Saint Helena Island. pubtype: Academic Journal doctype: research tables/charts Journal Article ougenre: Article language: English refInfo: holdings: @attributes: islocal: N |
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