“ <i>You feel hopeless when you can't access healthcare</i> ”: International students' experiences of mental health help-seeking through primary healthcare services in Scotland

Transnational and relational lenses are key for understanding ISs' help-seeking. Beyond individual factors, help-seeking trajectories hinge on perceived quality of patient-doctor relationships and the accessibility of both local and home-country systems. These findings highlight the need for universities to implement targeted mental wellbeing interventions for ISs, and primary care to improve the quality patient-GP interactions.