Results of sensitivity analysis for predicting risk of delay in accessing care.

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Two-way partial dependence (PD) plots of strong interactions of wanting to seek help.

A) current sexual orientation and self-rated mental health; B) current sexual orientation and housing status; C) current sexual orientation and past-year suicidal thoughts.</p

Socio-demographic characteristics of participants by delay in accessing care during the pandemic (n = 1089).

Socio-demographic characteristics of participants by delay in accessing care during the pandemic (n = 1089).</p

Two-way partial dependence (PD) plots of strong interactions of wanting to seek help.

A) gender identity and self-rated mental health; B) gender identity and past-year suicidal thoughts; C) gender identity and housing status.</p

Partial dependence of wanting to seek help on top 10 important correlates.

A) Current self-rated mental health status; B) Past year suicidal thoughts; C) Average outness score; D) Overall enacted stigma score; E) Overall internalized homophobia score; F) Overall perceived stigma score; G) Overall connectedness score; H) Overall identity centrality score; I) Age; J) Overall adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) score. Note: Numeric variables (average outness score and overall internalized homophobia score) were standardized before model training.</p

Analytical framework of the machine learning models.

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Two-way partial dependence (PD) plots of strong interactions of wanting to seek help.

A) current self-rated mental health and housing status; B) past-year suicidal thoughts and housing status; C) Average outness score and housing status; D) Overall internalized homophobia score and housing status. Note: Numeric variables (average outness score and overall internalized homophobia score) were standardized before model training.</p

Interaction strengths formed by socio-demographic factors and top 10 important correlates (in descending order of interaction strength) of wanting to seek help.

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Socio-demographic characteristics of participants by wanting to seek help for mental health or substance use concerns during the pandemic (n = 1414).

Socio-demographic characteristics of participants by wanting to seek help for mental health or substance use concerns during the pandemic (n = 1414).</p

The top ten correlates of wanting to seek help and their scaled relative importance.

The top ten correlates of wanting to seek help and their scaled relative importance.</p