Yohannes Gebreegziabher|Eshetu Girma|Markos Tesfaye
Help-seeking behavior of Jimma university students with common mental disorders: A cross-sectional study
Debre Berhan University|Addis Ababa University|St. Paul's Hospital Millennium Medical College
background globally mental health helpseeking behavior university students reported poor less onethird university students common mental disorders cmds report sought help formal sources failure seek treatment associated prolonged disability poor mental health outcomes including suicide ethiopia little known helpseeking behavior university students cmds objective study aimed assess prevalence determinants help seeking sources help sought jimma university undergraduate students cmds method seven hundred sixty students selected participate crosssectional study using multistage sampling sources help identified using actual helpseeking questionnaire cmds assessed using 10item kessler psychological distress scale binary logistic regression analysis used univariate multivariable analysis results sampled students 584 found current cmds current cmds 784 sought help problems majority 838 participants sought help informal sources compared students good overall levels satisfaction life good fair poor poor overall level satisfaction life less likely seek help pvalue 0021 0014 0011 respectively lastly previous history helpseeking significantly associated seeking help cmds pvalue0001 conclusion half jimma university students found high risk cmds majority cmds sought help informal sources future studies needed explore barriers seeking help formal resources effects receiving help formal sources cmds symptoms