Correction to: Help-seeking intention and associated factors towards mental illness among residents of Mertule Mariam town, East Gojam Zone, Amhara Region, Ethiopia: A mixed-method study (Annals of General Psychiatry (2020) 19 (12) DOI: 10.1186/s12991-020-00261-y)

Following publication of the original article [1], the author reported that the 4th, 5th and 6th authors were omitted from the author group. Shegaye Shumet, Zegeye Yohannis Maja and Dessie Abebaw have been added to the author group and are presented correctly in this correction article. In addition, the new Authors' contributions statement is given below: Authors' contributions BY, AB, ZYM, SS and DAA contributed to the design, conduct, and analysis of the research and in manuscript preparation. BY, AB, and MN participated in the manuscript preparation. All authors contributed to the reading of the manuscript. All authors read and approved the final manuscript. Author details 1 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Dire Dewa University, Dire Dewa, Ethiopia. 2 Department of Psychiatry, College of Medicine and Health Science, Wollo University, Dessie, Ethiopia. 3 Department of Psychiatry, University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia. 4 Amanuel Mental Health Hospital, Addis Abeba, Ethiopia. 5 University of Gondar, Gondar, Ethiopia.