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The secondary aim was to explore barriers to and attitudes about seeking mental health counseling between genders and history of pursuing mental health counseling.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Design<\/jats:title>Cross-sectional study.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Setting<\/jats:title>Online survey.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Patients or Other Participants<\/jats:title>A total of 534 MB artists (women = 312, men = 222; age = 19.7 \u00b1 1.4 years).<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Main Outcome Measure(s)<\/jats:title>Participants completed surveys on demographics and past medical history along with the Barriers to Help Seeking Checklist, the Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help-Short Form Scale (ATSPPH-SF), and the Mental Help Seeking Attitudes Scale (MHSAS). Descriptive statistics were calculated to assess demographic data. Cross-tabulations and \u03c72 statistics were used to evaluate individual barriers (Barriers to Help Seeking Checklist) between genders. Scales were scored 1 to 7 and 10 to 30 on the MHSAS and ATSPPH-SF, respectively. A 1-way analysis of variance measured differences in the total mean score on the ATSPPH-SF between genders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Results<\/jats:title>The highest barrier reported was lack of time to seek services (69.1%; n = 369), followed by 47.6% (n = 254) for services not available during my free time. Average scores were 4.0 \u00b1 0.4 on the MHSAS (indicating neutral attitudes toward seeking help) and 17.97 \u00b1 5.48 on the ATSPPH-SF (indicating slightly positive attitudes to seeking help). No differences were seen for the total mean scores on the MHSAS and ATSPPH-SF between genders.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>Conclusions<\/jats:title>Marching band artists\u2019 barriers to and attitudes toward mental health care influenced their ability to seek care in times of need and demonstrated some similarities to those of collegiate athletes. 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