Personal and Public Attitudes Regarding Help-seeking for Mental Problems among Kosovo Students

Recognition of personal and public attitudes towards seeking help to treat mental problems and their correlation with life satisfaction, the presence of anxiety, depression and level of help-seeking for these problems to students. It is a correlational study. Questionnaires used: The Patient Health Questionnaire for Depression and Anxiety (PHQ-4), Satisfaction with Life Scale and Perceived Stigma of Addiction Scale (PSAS). The sample consisted of 171 randomly selected students (direct and online fulfilment). Age from 15 to 58 (Mage=25.74; SD=9.67). The last two weeks have felt anxious 25.7%, 29.7% felt depressed, 52.9% felt that they need help, 14.7% have received treatment, and 78% are satisfied with their lives. Perceived public stigma is higher than is personal and significantly positive correlated between. Highest level of education shows significantly less personal stigma. Online fulfillment and residency show significantly more personal stigma. Logistic regression of variables with received psychological help is significant; where illness in family, illness of friend and personal stigma serve as predictors.