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This article was originally published as: Finding a way: a grounded theory of young people\u2019s experience of the pathway to mental health care<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/h2>\n

Objective: The purpose of this grounded theory study was to explore how young people experienced the onset of mental health problems and to investigate their initial interactions with the health system.
\nDesign: Grounded theory was used to address the study objectives. Data were obtained through in\u2011depth semi\u2011structured interviews.
\nSetting: Participants were recruited through two community health centres in a Sydney metropolitan area health service.
\nSubjects: The purposive sample consisted of eight males and twelve females between the ages of eighteen and twenty-five (mean age was 21).
\nMain outcome measures: The research identified a basic social process, a core category or central phenomenon which had the characteristics of a maze through which the participants had to struggle to find a way. The process of \u2018finding a way\u2019 has four stages. These are (a) first sign in the early stages, often involving denial or fear, and self\u2011medication with alcohol or other drugs; (b) recognition of the symptoms as a sign of mental illness; (c) understanding, discovering information about the illness; and (d) resolution, when care is successfully accessed. At each stage, barriers and\/or facilitating factors either delay or speed progress.
\nConclusions: The study offers insights into the experiences of a small group of individuals and hence has limitations; however this theoretical approach provides an understanding of what \u2018finding a way\u2019 means to this group of participants and how it influences their lives. It offers a framework for understanding some of the cultural and contextual factors that affect young people\u2019s pathways into mental health services and can inform interventions.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
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  • Sue Webster<\/li>\n
  • Lindsay Beck<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    accessing care, first episode, grounded theory, analysis, mental health nursing, young people<\/p>\n

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