Help-seeking for mental health services in Asian American college students: an exploratory qualitative study.

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      SCHOOL environment; RESEARCH; AFFINITY groups; CULTURE; PSYCHOLOGY of college students; SOCIAL support; HELP-seeking behavior; ASIANS; INTERVIEWING; MENTAL health; SOCIAL stigma; UNDERGRADUATES; QUALITATIVE research; PSYCHOSOCIAL factors; CLINICAL medicine; STUDENT attitudes; THEMATIC analysis; MENTAL health services
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      Objective: To understand how the college environment might influence mental health help-seeking in Asian American undergraduates. Participants: Participants were 19 Asian American undergraduates recruited through Facebook. Methods: Participants were interviewed about attitudes toward mental health and mental health help-seeking, and thematic analysis with both inductive and deductive codes was used to analyze interview transcripts. Results: Several factors specific to the college environment encourage students to seek help: social support provided by peers and by campuses, psychological distance from home, and physical distance from home. However, other Asian American-specific factors discourage students from seeking help, such as cultural factors and stigma surrounding mental health issues. Conclusions: The college environment may encourage help-seeking, while Asian American-specific factors may discourage it. Potential interventions based on these findings may increase help-seeking rates by focusing on these encouraging factors in a culturally-sensitive way. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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