Table 2.

Association of Youth Mental Health and Stigma with Mode of Disclosure

	Total, n = 280	Purposefully told, n = 57 (20%)	Figured out on own, n = 223 (80%)	p
Dichotomous mental health measures, n (%)
PHQ-9 (≥10)	57 (20.4)	4 (7.0)	53 (23.8)	<0.001
SDQ (≥17)	48 (17.1)	2 (3.5)	46 (20.6)	<0.001
Trauma (≥18)	37 (13.2)	5 (8.8)	32 (14.3)	0.38
Continuous mental health measures, median [IQR]
PHQ-9	4 [1–8.5]	1 [0–4]	5 [2–9]	<0.001
SDQ	10 [6–14]	5 [3–8]	11 [7–15]	<0.001
Trauma	7 [3–13]	5 [1–9]	8 [4–14]	<0.001
External stigma, median [IQR]	13 [12–17]	13 [11–16]	13 [12–17]	0.33
Internal stigma, median [IQR]	6.5 [4–8]	4 [4–8]	7 [5–8]	<0.01

PHQ-9, nine-item Patient Health Questionnaire; SDQ, Strengths and Difficulties Questionnaire.