teen depression and suicidal ideation – Science https://scienmag.com Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:06:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1 https://scienmag.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/07/cropped-scienmag_ico-32x32.jpg teen depression and suicidal ideation – Science https://scienmag.com 32 32 73899611 Unequal Access: Barriers Hinder Teens’ Use of School-Based Mental Health Services https://scienmag.com/unequal-access-barriers-hinder-teens-use-of-school-based-mental-health-services/ Mon, 31 Aug 2026 03:06:25 +0000 https://scienmag.com/unequal-access-barriers-hinder-teens-use-of-school-based-mental-health-services/ Nearly half of high school students who reported depressive symptoms or suicidal thoughts received no formal mental health care at all during that same year, according to a new analysis of more than 22,000 adolescents published in the journal School Mental Health. The study, led by Shari Kessel Schneider of the Education Development Center in Waltham, Massachusetts, in collaboration with researchers from Boston University’s Wheelock College of Education and Human Development, mined the 2023 MetroWest Adolescent Health Survey for clues about a puzzle that has troubled child mental health researchers for decades: why do so many teenagers in visible distress never reach a professional? The answer, the authors conclude, lies not only in the supply of services but in what students believe about them. Forty-five percent of youth reporting depressive symptoms and/or suicidal ide

Subject of Research: Psychology & Psychiatry

Article Title: Unequal Access: Barriers Hinder Teens’ Use of School-Based Mental Health Services

Article References: Kessel Schneider, S., Kumar, R., Oblath, R., Koslouski, J., & Green, J. G. (2026). Disparities in Adolescents’ Use of Mental Health Services and Perceived Barriers to Accessing School-Based Services. School Mental Health, 18(2), 740-757. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12310-026-09859-1

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DOI: 10.1007/s12310-026-09859-1

Keywords: adolescent depression and suicidal thoughts, adolescent mental health survey analysis, barriers to teen mental health treatment, disparities in mental health service delivery, factors influencing mental health help-seeking, impact of stigma on teen mental health service use, mental health resource availability in schools, mental health stigma among teens, mental health support gaps for high school students, school-based mental health care utilization, teen mental health service access barriers, youth perception of mental health services

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