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| Title |
Mental health literacy of resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia: knowledge about posttraumatic stress disorder and beliefs about helpfulness of interventions
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| Published in |
BMC Psychiatry, November 2014
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| DOI | 10.1186/s12888-014-0320-x |
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| Authors |
Shameran Slewa-Younan, Jonathan Mond, Elise Bussion, Yaser Mohammad, Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, Mitchell Smith, Diana Milosevic, Sanja Lujic, Anthony Francis Jorm |
| Abstract |
BackgroundResettled refugees are a particularly vulnerable group. They have very high levels of mental health problems, in particular, trauma-related disorders, but very low uptake of mental health care. Evidence suggests that poor ¿mental health literacy¿, namely, poor knowledge and understanding of the nature and treatment of mental health problems is a major factor in low or inappropriate treatment-seeking among individuals with mental health problems. This study used a culturally adapted Mental Health Literacy Survey method to determine knowledge of, and beliefs about, helpfulness of treatment interventions and providers for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) amongst resettled Iraqi refugees.Methods225 resettled Iraqi refugees in Western Sydney attending the Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP), federally funded English language tuition, were surveyed. A vignette of a fictional character meeting diagnostic criteria for PTSD was presented followed by the Mental Health Literacy Survey. PTSD symptomology was measured using the Harvard Trauma Questionnaire part IV (HTQ part IV), with Kessler Psychological Distress Scale (K10) used to measure levels of general psychological distress.ResultsOnly 14.2% of participants labelled the problem as PTSD, with ¿a problem with fear¿ being the modal response (41.8%). A total of 84.9% respondents indicated that seeing a psychiatrist would be helpful, followed by reading the Koran or Bible selected by 79.2% of those surveyed. There was some variation in problem recognition and helpfulness of treatment, most notably influenced by the length of resettlement in Australia of the respondents.ConclusionsThese findings have important implications for the design and implementation of mental health promotion and treatment programs for resettled refugees and those who work with them. |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Australia | 1 | 25% |
| Unknown | 1 | 25% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Members of the public | 4 | 100% |
Mendeley readers
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 222 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Master | 38 | 17% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 31 | 14% |
| Student > Doctoral Student | 29 | 13% |
| Student > Bachelor | 23 | 10% |
| Researcher | 16 | 7% |
| Other | 40 | 18% |
| Unknown | 45 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Psychology | 70 | 32% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 32 | 14% |
| Social Sciences | 29 | 13% |
| Nursing and Health Professions | 19 | 9% |
| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 4 | 2% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Unknown | 50 | 23% |
Attention Score in Context
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#13,067,130
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