Young People's experiences of mental health services in York

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2. What is your age? Note this survey is for people aged 13 - 25

3. What part of York do you live in?

4. How would you describe your gender?

5. How would you describe your sexual orientation?

6. How would you describe your ethnicity?

7. Do you consider yourself to be any of the following:

8. Over the last two weeks have you or your family experienced any of the following?

Unable to afford healthy foods
Unable to eat when hungry due to a lack of food
Reduced meal size or missing meals due to cost
Other (please specify):

9. Is York a healthy city to be a young person?

Yes
No
Other (please specify):

10. What could be improved to make it a healthier place for young people?

11. What are the good things about York for young people's mental health?

12. Have you had any experience of physical health services in York, e.g. doctor, dentist, hospital etc

If yes, what service was that experience with?

13. Was the experience positive or could it have been better? Please explain why

14. Do you think you have ever been treated differently by any healthcare services because of who you are? If yes, please explain what happened

15. Over the past two weeks how often have you been bothered by the following?

	Not at all	Once or twice	Several days	More than half the days	Nearly every day	All the time
Little interest or pleasure in doing things	Little interest or pleasure in doing things Not at all	Little interest or pleasure in doing things Once or twice	Little interest or pleasure in doing things Several days	Little interest or pleasure in doing things More than half the days	Little interest or pleasure in doing things Nearly every day	Little interest or pleasure in doing things All the time
Feeling down or depressed	Feeling down or depressed Not at all	Feeling down or depressed Once or twice	Feeling down or depressed Several days	Feeling down or depressed More than half the days	Feeling down or depressed Nearly every day	Feeling down or depressed All the time
Feeling hopeless	Feeling hopeless Not at all	Feeling hopeless Once or twice	Feeling hopeless Several days	Feeling hopeless More than half the days	Feeling hopeless Nearly every day	Feeling hopeless All the time
Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge	Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge Not at all	Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge Once or twice	Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge Several days	Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge More than half the days	Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge Nearly every day	Feeling nervous, anxious or on edge All the time
Not being able to control or stop worrying	Not being able to control or stop worrying Not at all	Not being able to control or stop worrying Once or twice	Not being able to control or stop worrying Several days	Not being able to control or stop worrying More than half the days	Not being able to control or stop worrying Nearly every day	Not being able to control or stop worrying All the time

Comment:

16. What positively impacts your mental health?

17.
What negatively impacts your mental health?

18. Have you ever had any issues with your mental health?

Yes
No
Other (please specify):

19. Did you seek any support for your mental health?

Yes
No
Prefer not to say

20. If yes, who did you ask for help?

21. If no, why not/what stopped you asking for help?

22. If you asked for help, how long did it take to get support from when you initially reached out?

23. Did you have to wait for support? If yes, did you get any resources to help?

24. What resources were you given whilst waiting for support?

25. If you received support, what was it? Was it helpful/ unhelpful and why?

26. Is there anything that you think could have helped more?

27. Where do you go for help with mental health during the school/college/university breaks?

28. If you moved from children's to adult mental health services what was your experience like?

29. Do you currently attend or have you ever attended any support groups for your mental health?

Yes, currently attending
Yes, attended in the past
No
Other (please specify):

30. Have you ever used an app to support your mental health?

Yes
No
Have in the past

What app?

31. If you have ever received a diagnosis related to your mental health, how long did it take to receive your diagnosis from when you first sought help?

32. If you have had a mental health diagnosis, what was that diagnosis? Only answer if you are comfortable to do so

33. Do you think young people's mental health services could be improved in York?

Yes
No
Not sure
Other (please specify):

34. What are the issues for young people's mental health in York? / How could current services be improved?

35. Any other comments about local health services in York?

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