Mental Health Information Seeking of University Students in Croatia

The aim of this paper is to describe some of the key findings of studies on university students’ mental health information seeking. It also presents an interdisciplinary study aimed at investigating how university students in Croatia search for information about mental health and what sources of information they use. The study used the quantitative method, i.e., university students completed an online questionnaire. The results of the study show that the respondents mainly use the internet to search for information about stress and anxiety. Respondents sometimes or rarely search for information about mental health. Although most of the respondents have faced mental health difficulties in the past academic year, they have not sought psychological counseling. Listening to music and being with family or friends are the most common ways respondents cope with mental health difficulties. This study can help to support the mental health of university students by integrating some psychological content into higher education.