Next stop - mental health: a qualitative study of healthcare journeys from the perspective of young adults in Sweden.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Help-seeking for mental health problems is a complex process that involves handling both personal challenges and dealing with the organizational structure of the healthcare system. The healthcare system is siloed and fragmented, but it is unclear how the challenges are experienced by the young adults and what their healthcare journeys look like. Therefore, the aim of this study was to explore experiences of young adults' healthcare journeys in the context of help-seeking for common mental health problems.

Methods

In total, 25 young adults (16 women and 9 men) from a student healthcare centre at a Swedish university seeking help for common mental health problems, such as anxiety and depression, were interviewed. A qualitative thematic analysis with an inductive app

SUBMITTER: Westberg KH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11900026 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature