Impact of attitudes and suicidal ideation on adolescents' intentions to see professional psychological help

Seeking professional psychological help with regard to psychological distress is particularly pertinent to the youth population of New Zealand. A study aimed to identify factors that have the highest impact on professional psychological help-seeking amongst adolescents. Suicidal ideation, psychological distress, attitudes, gender, prior help-seeking and treatment fears were significant predictors. However higher rates of suicidal ideation resulted in lower levels of help seeking intentions for suicidal thoughts.