Young Adults Mostly Decline Therapy for Mistreatment
August 22nd, 2009 |
A GoodTherapy.org News Headline
The experience of different types of abuse of mistreatment during childhood tend to indicate a fairly high risk of developing mental and emotional issues as a young adult, and addressing these issues with a course of psychotherapy is a popular choice among many children and their families. But those who may need professional assistance as they enter adulthood rarely secure services, according to a recently published review. Working with information from the National Survey of Child and Adolescent Well-Being, the research team found that use of mental health care services dropped from about forty seven to about fourteen percent from childhood to young adulthood in individuals with identified mental health concerns. Improvement of services and wider availability of therapy for young adults may be needed to help more people begin their lives on a healthy and happy foundation.
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No one ever really wants to believe that they were raised in an unhealthy environment, and I think that even as kids if you know that something is way off you still in your heart want to believe that your parents love you and are only doing the best for you, even when you do not understand what is going on. So it does not shock me that there would be young people in denial, who see therapy as being for someone else, something that they do not need. It is only when many of us become adults that we are able to realize just how screwed up we might be and how much we really need to ask for advice and help from others.
That was a good observation Jill. Even mentally healthy teens will reject help from anybody. It’s the age when we think we know everything. I can understand why youngsters that do need help for mental health challenges won’t take it. Teens want to fit in so badly and at the same time carve their own identity.
The sad irony is for those same young adults, attending therapy or some kind of intervention program would help them achieve that faster rather than impeding them.