ABSTRACT

Understanding barriers to treatment-seeking among college students with suicidal ideation (SI) is critical to campus suicide prevention efforts. We used data from the Healthy Minds Study to test for gender and racial/ethnic differences in self-reported barriers to professional help-seeking among college students with past-year SI. Students (n = 1,817) with SI who reported no past-year care indicated their reasons from a list of 25 attitudes, experiences, and structural factors. We examined differences in reported barriers to mental health services between men and women and between Asian, Black, Latino, and White students. There were significant gender differences for seven of the barriers, including that men were more likely to report a preference to deal with issues on their own. There were significant racial-ethnic group differences for 14 barriers. Implications for suicide prevention practices and policies are provided, including targeted group outreach tailored to the most salient barriers to treatment.

摘要

了解有自杀意念 (SI) 的大学生寻求治疗的障碍对于校园自杀预防工作至关重要。我们使用来自 Healthy Minds Study 的数据来测试过去一年患有 SI 的大学生在自我报告的寻求专业帮助的障碍中的性别和种族/民族差异。学生 ( n = 1,817)报告没有过去一年护理的 SI 从 25 个态度、经验和结构性因素的列表中指出了他们的原因。我们研究了男性和女性之间以及亚洲、黑人、拉丁裔和白人学生之间报告的心理健康服务障碍的差异。其中七项障碍存在显着的性别差异，包括男性更有可能报告更倾向于自己处理问题。14 个障碍存在显着的种族差异。提供了对自杀预防实践和政策的影响，包括针对最显着的治疗障碍量身定制的目标群体外展。