Aline Umubyeyi|Ingrid Mogren|Joseph Ntaganira|Gunilla Krantz
Help-seeking behaviours, barriers to care and self-efficacy for seeking mental health care: a population-based study in Rwanda
University of Rwanda|Umeå University|University of Rwanda|University of Gothenburg
mental disorders commonly affect young people usually go unrecognized untreated study aimed investigate helpseeking behaviours barriers care selfefficacy seeking mental health care among young adults current depression andor suicidality lowincome settingthis crosssectional study used two subpopulations subsample suffering current depression andor suicidality n 247 another suffering conditions suffering mental condition investigated n 502 helpseeking behaviours barriers care selfefficacy mental health care seeking measured among suffering current depression andor suicidality n logistic regression used identify risk factors experiencing barriers care selfefficacy seeking mental health care compared men women two subpopulationsof 247 men women current depression andor suicidality 360 sought help health care unit 640 trusted people community six people received help mental health professional identified barriers mainly related accessibility acceptability health services population suffering current depression andor suicidality selfefficacy scale seeking mental health care suggested low confidence accessing mental health care high confidence respondents ability successfully communicate health care staff cope consequences seeking carethe current study clearly highlights young adults poor access mental health care services reach universal health coverage substantial resources need allocated mental health coupled initiatives improve mental health literacy general population