Treatment-Seeking Behavior in Populations with Depression Symptoms

Mental health is part of health. Depression is one of the common mental health related to other health problems and a big contributor to Years Life with Disability (YLD). However, it is estimated that three are still 76% and 85% of sufferers in low-income and middle-income countries who do not received services to deal with the problems they experience. This study is a further analysis of IFLS-5 data to see the treatment seeking behavior in people with depressive symptoms and its related factors. The analysis was conducted on population aged 15 years and above. The proportion of depressive symptoms was 23.4% with a higher proportion of women, the populatin not working, living in large families, in the adolescent to young adult age group, and continuing to decline with increasing age. Some 12.5% of the population with depressive symptoms seek treatment . It appears that women have more significant opportunities to access health services. Opportunities to access health services were greater with increasing age. All kind of insurance ownership and living in urban are proven to significantly increase one's chances of accessiong health services. The still low search for treatment is a joint task to minimize the , by paying more attention to vulnerable groups such as young people, not having insurance and living in rural areas.