Differences in professional help-seeking for mental health problems among migrants and non-migrants: Symptom severity, self-perceived mental health problem, and region of origin matter

At high levels of psychological distress, people from non-EEA+ regions living in Norway may not be getting professional support for mental health problems to the same extent as EEA+ migrants and non-migrants. This may especially be the case for those who do not perceive their symptoms as a mental health problem. Consequently, improving the ability to recognise mental health problems may be a possible avenue for reducing the treatment gap for migrants with high symptom levels, though longitudinal studies would be required to confirm this.