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February 6, 2026Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Mental HealthOpen Access

Adolescent mental health help-seeking behaviours in rural Australia: cross-sectional analysis of a nationwide cohort study

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AAAli AhmedRURiaz UddinARAllen G Ross

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Overview

Cross-sectional analysis reveals lower help-seeking in rural adolescents, suggesting need for targeted interventions.

Key Points

  • This study aims to understand factors influencing mental health help-seeking behaviours among rural adolescents in Australia.
  • Analysed Wave 8 data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children involving 4,837 adolescents.
  • Estimated the prevalence of help-seeking behaviours by geographical remoteness.
  • Used cluster-adjusted multiple logistic regression models to identify associated factors.
  • Help-seeking behaviours were lower in rural adolescents than urban ones.
  • Only 7.72% sought face-to-face help in outer regional and remote areas.
  • Males in these areas showed significantly lower help-seeking behaviours compared to females.
  • Key predictors included anxiety, depression, and quality parent-child relationships.
  • Statistically significant differences in predictors were noted between rural and urban settings.

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Ahmed et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/698586388f7c464f2300a3echttps://doi.org/10.1186/s13034-026-01022-7
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