caa a22 4500 605476551 CHVBK 20210128100356.0 cr unu---uuuuu 210128e20150601xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s00787-015-0676-6 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s00787-015-0676-6 Mental health care use among children and adolescents in Germany: results of the longitudinal BELLA study [Elektronische Daten] [Birte Hintzpeter, Fionna Klasen, Gerhard Schön, Catharina Voss, Heike Hölling, Ulrike Ravens-Sieberer] Data on mental health care use of children and adolescents in Germany is scarce. This study investigates the degree of mental health care use, its trajectories and influencing factors among children and adolescents in Germany, using longitudinal data of the BELLA study. The BELLA study is the mental health module of the representative GermanNational Health Interview and Examination Survey for children and adolescents (KiGGS). Baseline data of N=2,863 participants aged 7-17years were collected between 2003 and 2006. The study sample was followed up in three additional measurement points, assessing general mental health problems and impairment, specific mental health problems, and mental health care use. In the current study, we analysed data from the first three measurement points. At baseline, 5.9% of all participants used mental health care in the past 12months. Among those with general mental health problems, 29.5% sought professional help. Only a minority of participants reporting mental health care use at baseline also sought help at the following two measurement points. Analysing a random intercept only model, mental health care use was found to be more likely among participants living in larger communities as well as in the Eastern part of Germany, among those participants with impairment of mental health problems, and signs of externalizing problems. Our results indicate a temporary character of mental health care use. Participants' impairment was identified to be the strongest predictor of mental health care use. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2015 Mental health care use nationallicence Children and adolescents nationallicence Germany nationallicence BELLA study nationallicence Longitudinal nationallicence Random intercept only model nationallicence Hintzpeter Birte Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut Klasen Fionna Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut Schön Gerhard Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany aut Voss Catharina Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut Hölling Heike Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany aut Ravens-Sieberer Ulrike Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/6(2015-06-01), 705-713 1018-8827 24:6<705 2015 24 787 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0676-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00787-015-0676-6 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hintzpeter Birte Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Klasen Fionna Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Schön Gerhard Department of Medical Biometry and Epidemiology, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Voss Catharina Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hölling Heike Department of Epidemiology and Health Monitoring, Robert Koch Institute, Berlin, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ravens-Sieberer Ulrike Department of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Psychotherapy, and Psychosomatics, University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246, Hamburg, Germany aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Springer Berlin Heidelberg 24/6(2015-06-01), 705-713 1018-8827 24:6<705 2015 24 787