June S L Brown
Biographic Data
| ID | 96433 |
|---|---|
| NAME | June S L Brown |
| GIVEN NAMES | June S L |
| FAMILY NAME | Brown |
| SIGNATURE | BROWN J S L |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0479-8166 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 16 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 16 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Qualitative Process Evaluation of a School‐Based Group Intervention (Discover) for Depression and Anxiety for Older Adolescents
INTRODUCTION: DISCOVER is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based intervention for anxiety and depression in 16-18-year-olds delivered in schools, shown to be clinically and cost-effective by the Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST). DISCOVER comprises pre-workshop 1:1 meeting, a group workshop, and 1:1 follow-up phone call. A qualitative process evaluation investigated intervention delivery and outcome generation within B…
Barriers and Facilitators of Psychological Help-Seeking of People With Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms Among Asean Countries
Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Among First-Generation East Asian Immigrants
PTSD Symptoms and Problematic Smartphone Use in Young Adults Are Indirectly Associated Via Avoidance-Focused Coping
A systematic review of the mental health changes of children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
There is increasing knowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on mental health of children and young people. However, the global evidence of mental health changes before compared to during the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on children and young people has not been systematically reviewed. This systematic review examined longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional studies comparing before and during COVID-19 pandemic data to determine whet…
Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Male University Students
One-third of students experience a mental health condition associated with decreased academic functioning and increased risk of dropping out. While mental health difficulties are lower among male students, they are twice as likely to die by suicide. Although the importance of gender-sensitive interventions for male students has been emphasized, feasible and effective approaches are unexplored. This investigation conducted three gender-sensitive f…
Engaging Older Adolescent Boys Into School-Based Mental Health Workshops
Untreated mental health problems continue from childhood and adolescence into adulthood, meaning accessible early intervention is essential to reduce long-term negative outcomes. However, there is often a reluctance to engage in mental health treatment, with considerable evidence that young men are less likely to seek help than young women. This original research study aimed to explore four areas of interest around facilitating engagement of adol…
‘I don't know where to seek for help, so I just kept my silence’
How Can We Actually Change Help-Seeking Behaviour for Mental Health Problems among the General Public? Development of the ‘PLACES’ Model
Good treatment uptake is essential for clinically effective interventions to be fully utilised. Numerous studies have examined barriers to help-seeking for mental health treatment and to a lesser extent, facilitators. However, much of the current research focuses on changing help-seeking attitudes, which often do not lead to changes in behaviour. There is a clear gap in the literature for interventions that successfully change help-seeking behavi…
Evaluation of a Community-Led Intervention in South London
It is widely recognized that public health interventions benefit from community engagement and leadership, yet there are challenges to evaluating complex, community-led interventions assuming hierarchies of evidence derived from laboratory experimentation and clinical trials. Particular challenges include, first, the inconsistency of the intervention across sites and, second, the absence of researcher control over the sampling frame and methodolo…
Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviours for Male Students
Men are less likely to seek help for mental health difficulties and this process is often used to help explain the disproportionally higher suicide rates compared to women. Furthermore, university students are often regarded as a vulnerable population group with a lower propensity to seek help. Thus, male students are a very high-risk group that is even more reluctant to seek help for mental health difficulties, placing them at high risk of suici…
Engaging male students with mental health support
These themes represent important considerations that can be used, together with the existing literature about male help-seeking, to develop more male friendly interventions that are suitable for male students. This could help improve help-seeking attitudes and the uptake of mental health interventions for male students experiencing emotional distress
Improving Mental Health Service Utilization Among Men
Compared to women, men are less likely to seek help for mental health difficulties. Despite considerable interest, a paucity in evidence-based solutions remains to solve this problem. The current review sought to synthesize the specific techniques within male-specific interventions that may contribute to an improvement in psychological help-seeking (attitudes, intentions, or behaviors). A systematic review identified 6,598 potential articles from…
Exploring Professional Help-Seeking for Mental Disorders
Only a third of people with mental disorders seek professional help. In this study, we aimed to investigate attitudes toward help-seeking among non-help-seekers drawn from a community survey in South London. We conducted qualitative interviews with 24 participants with symptoms of mental disorders. We analyzed data using thematic analysis. Participants' reasons for not seeking professional help included perceiving their problems as normal or unsu…
How Black African and White British Women Perceive Depression and Help-Seeking
Background: The detection of psychological problems of black African people has been found to be substantially lower, compared with white British and black Caribbean people. This may be due to differences in patients’ perceptions of illness. Little research has been carried out on factors that may influence the help-seeking behaviour of black Africans. Aims: To assess differences in the perceptions of depression of black African and white British…
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of African Caribbean women’s experiences and management of emotional distress
African Caribbean women are under-represented within mental health services in the United Kingdom, despite sociocontextual vulnerabilities which may increase emotional distress. This qualitative study aimed to explore individual explanatory models of experiences of distress, coping and help-seeking choices, with a view to improving cultural relevance of services. Participants were recruited following their self-referral to self-help community wel…
Exploring Professional Help-Seeking for Mental Disorders
Only a third of people with mental disorders seek professional help. In this study, we aimed to investigate attitudes toward help-seeking among non-help-seekers drawn from a community survey in South London. We conducted qualitative interviews with 24 participants with symptoms of mental disorders. We analyzed data using thematic analysis. Participants' reasons for not seeking professional help included perceiving their problems as normal or unsu…
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of African Caribbean women’s experiences and management of emotional distress
African Caribbean women are under-represented within mental health services in the United Kingdom, despite sociocontextual vulnerabilities which may increase emotional distress. This qualitative study aimed to explore individual explanatory models of experiences of distress, coping and help-seeking choices, with a view to improving cultural relevance of services. Participants were recruited following their self-referral to self-help community wel…
How Black African and White British Women Perceive Depression and Help-Seeking
Background: The detection of psychological problems of black African people has been found to be substantially lower, compared with white British and black Caribbean people. This may be due to differences in patients’ perceptions of illness. Little research has been carried out on factors that may influence the help-seeking behaviour of black Africans. Aims: To assess differences in the perceptions of depression of black African and white British…
An interpretative phenomenological analysis of African Caribbean women’s experiences and management of emotional distress
African Caribbean women are under-represented within mental health services in the United Kingdom, despite sociocontextual vulnerabilities which may increase emotional distress. This qualitative study aimed to explore individual explanatory models of experiences of distress, coping and help-seeking choices, with a view to improving cultural relevance of services. Participants were recruited following their self-referral to self-help community wel…
Exploring Professional Help-Seeking for Mental Disorders
Only a third of people with mental disorders seek professional help. In this study, we aimed to investigate attitudes toward help-seeking among non-help-seekers drawn from a community survey in South London. We conducted qualitative interviews with 24 participants with symptoms of mental disorders. We analyzed data using thematic analysis. Participants' reasons for not seeking professional help included perceiving their problems as normal or unsu…
Improving Mental Health Service Utilization Among Men
Compared to women, men are less likely to seek help for mental health difficulties. Despite considerable interest, a paucity in evidence-based solutions remains to solve this problem. The current review sought to synthesize the specific techniques within male-specific interventions that may contribute to an improvement in psychological help-seeking (attitudes, intentions, or behaviors). A systematic review identified 6,598 potential articles from…
Evaluation of a Community-Led Intervention in South London
It is widely recognized that public health interventions benefit from community engagement and leadership, yet there are challenges to evaluating complex, community-led interventions assuming hierarchies of evidence derived from laboratory experimentation and clinical trials. Particular challenges include, first, the inconsistency of the intervention across sites and, second, the absence of researcher control over the sampling frame and methodolo…
Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviours for Male Students
Men are less likely to seek help for mental health difficulties and this process is often used to help explain the disproportionally higher suicide rates compared to women. Furthermore, university students are often regarded as a vulnerable population group with a lower propensity to seek help. Thus, male students are a very high-risk group that is even more reluctant to seek help for mental health difficulties, placing them at high risk of suici…
Engaging male students with mental health support
These themes represent important considerations that can be used, together with the existing literature about male help-seeking, to develop more male friendly interventions that are suitable for male students. This could help improve help-seeking attitudes and the uptake of mental health interventions for male students experiencing emotional distress
‘I don't know where to seek for help, so I just kept my silence’
How Can We Actually Change Help-Seeking Behaviour for Mental Health Problems among the General Public? Development of the ‘PLACES’ Model
Good treatment uptake is essential for clinically effective interventions to be fully utilised. Numerous studies have examined barriers to help-seeking for mental health treatment and to a lesser extent, facilitators. However, much of the current research focuses on changing help-seeking attitudes, which often do not lead to changes in behaviour. There is a clear gap in the literature for interventions that successfully change help-seeking behavi…
A systematic review of the mental health changes of children and young people before and during the Covid-19 pandemic
There is increasing knowledge that the COVID-19 pandemic has had an impact on mental health of children and young people. However, the global evidence of mental health changes before compared to during the COVID-19 pandemic focusing on children and young people has not been systematically reviewed. This systematic review examined longitudinal and repeated cross-sectional studies comparing before and during COVID-19 pandemic data to determine whet…
Improving Mental Health Help-Seeking Among Male University Students
One-third of students experience a mental health condition associated with decreased academic functioning and increased risk of dropping out. While mental health difficulties are lower among male students, they are twice as likely to die by suicide. Although the importance of gender-sensitive interventions for male students has been emphasized, feasible and effective approaches are unexplored. This investigation conducted three gender-sensitive f…
Engaging Older Adolescent Boys Into School-Based Mental Health Workshops
Untreated mental health problems continue from childhood and adolescence into adulthood, meaning accessible early intervention is essential to reduce long-term negative outcomes. However, there is often a reluctance to engage in mental health treatment, with considerable evidence that young men are less likely to seek help than young women. This original research study aimed to explore four areas of interest around facilitating engagement of adol…
PTSD Symptoms and Problematic Smartphone Use in Young Adults Are Indirectly Associated Via Avoidance-Focused Coping
Qualitative Process Evaluation of a School‐Based Group Intervention (Discover) for Depression and Anxiety for Older Adolescents
INTRODUCTION: DISCOVER is a Cognitive Behavioural Therapy based intervention for anxiety and depression in 16-18-year-olds delivered in schools, shown to be clinically and cost-effective by the Brief Educational workshops in Secondary Schools Trial (BESST). DISCOVER comprises pre-workshop 1:1 meeting, a group workshop, and 1:1 follow-up phone call. A qualitative process evaluation investigated intervention delivery and outcome generation within B…
Barriers and Facilitators of Psychological Help-Seeking of People With Depression, Anxiety, and Stress Symptoms Among Asean Countries
Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health Among First-Generation East Asian Immigrants
Psychology (11 works) · Mental health (10 works) · Psychiatry (8 works) · Help-seeking (7 works) · Medicine (7 works) · Clinical Psychology (6 works) · Psychological intervention (6 works) · Mental Health Treatment and Access (5 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (4 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works)