- Jungyai Ko: a School of Social Welfare , Hallym University , Chuncheon , Gangwon-do , Korea.
Despite a high Suicide rate among working-age adults, there is a significant lack of empirical evidence on their help-seeking behavior. This study tested the integrated model of Suicide help-seeking to examine help-seeking behavior as a continuous decision-making process. Data were drawn from the 2011 and 2012 National Survey on Drug Use and Health (N = 1,414). Results from structural equational modeling analyses demonstrated that the integrated model fit reasonably well among the sample. Suicide help-seeking behavior is characterized by an inequitable access, where enabling factors affect throughout the help-seeking pathway. The results provide a foundation for future help-seeking interventions.