Over 50% of young people have dated by age 15. While romantic relationship concerns are
a major reason for adolescent help-seeking from counselling services, we have a limited
understanding of what types of relationship issues are most strongly related to mental health
issues and suicide risk. This paper used records of 4019 counselling sessions with
adolescents (10–18 years) seeking help from a national youth counselling service for a
romantic relationship concern to:(i) explore what types and stage (pre, during, post) of …