Barriers and enablers to help-seeking for common mental disorders among young people in low-income settings: Perspectives from Zimbabwe
This study revealed significant barriers and enablers to help-seeking for CMDs among young people in Zimbabwe. Addressing these multifaceted barriers and leveraging the identified enablers is key to creating supportive systems that encourage young people in low-resource settings to seek and engage with mental health services, ultimately improving their mental wellbeing and overall quality of life.
Authors
- Melanie Abas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1716-5584)
- Tarisai Bere
- Maria Anyorikeya
- Benedict Weobong (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8338-1408)
- Tiny Tinashe Kamvura
- Moses Kumwenda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3091-7330)
- Rufaro Hamish Mushonga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4980-2437)
- Franklin N. Glozah (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4178-963X)
- Suzanne R. Dodd
- Dixon Chibanda (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2505-8607)
- Denford Gudyanga (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0575-3365)
- Rebecca Jopling (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2764-6800)
- Arnold Maramba (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0009-7273-5851)
Institutions
- University of Ghana (GH)
- University of Zimbabwe (ZW)
- University of Malawi (MW)
- King's College London (GB)
- York University (CA)
- Kamuzu Central Hospital (MW)
- Friends United (US)
- Blantyre Institute for Community Ophthalmology (MW)
- Navrongo Health Research Centre (GH)
- Kamuzu University of Health Sciences (MW)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS ONE
- Published
- 2025-11-05
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0335963
- Primary Topic
- Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00