Conclusion
Parents and primary caregivers play a vital role as an initial contact
and often set in motion the help-seeking process to accessing
professional services (Rickwood et al., 2007). It is recognised that
adolescents in their early to mid-teens still depend on their parents to
help them identify the presence of mental health problems and facilitate
appropriate help-seeking behaviour . This study highlights the
significant delays in treatment experienced by adolescents with suicidal
ideation or behaviour, and how their caregiver’s prior experience of
suicidality is associated with these pathways and delays. Future
research should clarify whether caregiver perceived helpfulness of their
prior mental health treatment helps explain why prior caregiver
suicidality is related to longer treatment delays. .