Background: The expansion of user-friendly mental health services for young people is an important goal of mental health reform in Australia; however, stigma and discrimination associated with mental health conditions constitute major deterrents to help-seeking among young people. Objective: This paper reports on a qualitative study conducted in…

Questions and answers are presented from an interview with a researcher on childhood mental illnesses. Dr. E. James Anthony responds to questions about such issues as the influence of parents on the development of child psychosis, the influence of age and ordinal position, advice about raising mentally healthy children, and the relationship…