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Mental health first aid training for the Bhutanese refugee community in the United States

Overview of attention for article published in International Journal of Mental Health Systems, May 2015
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Title
Mental health first aid training for the Bhutanese refugee community in the United States
Published in
International Journal of Mental Health Systems, May 2015
DOI 10.1186/s13033-015-0012-z
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Authors

Parangkush Subedi, Changwei Li, Ashok Gurung, Destani Bizune, M Christina Dogbey, Caroline C Johnson, Katherine Yun

Abstract

The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) training for Bhutanese refugee community leaders in the U.S. We hypothesized that training refugee leaders would improve knowledge of mental health problems and treatment process and decrease negative attitudes towards people with mental illness. One hundred and twenty community leaders participated in MHFA training, of whom 58 had sufficient English proficiency to complete pre- and post-tests. The questionnaires assessed each participant's ability to recognize signs of depression, knowledge about professional help and treatment, and attitudes towards people with mental illness. Between the pre- and post-test, participants showed significant improvement in the recognition of symptoms of depression and expressed beliefs about treatment that became more concordant with those of mental health professionals. However, there was no reduction in negative attitudes towards people with mental illness. MHFA training course is a promising program for Bhutanese refugee communities in the U.S. However, some adaptations may be necessary to ensure that MHFA training is optimized for this community.

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Geographical breakdown

Country Count As %
United States 2 2%
Malaysia 1 <1%
Unknown 103 97%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Master 15 14%
Researcher 11 10%
Student > Ph. D. Student 11 10%
Student > Doctoral Student 9 8%
Student > Bachelor 9 8%
Other 20 19%
Unknown 31 29%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Psychology 29 27%
Medicine and Dentistry 11 10%
Nursing and Health Professions 10 9%
Social Sciences 9 8%
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 3 3%
Other 7 7%
Unknown 37 35%
Attention Score in Context

Attention Score in Context

This research output has an Altmetric Attention Score of 4. This is our high-level measure of the quality and quantity of online attention that it has received. This Attention Score, as well as the ranking and number of research outputs shown below, was calculated when the research output was last mentioned on 17 December 2020.
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#6,417,450
of 22,803,211 outputs
Outputs from International Journal of Mental Health Systems
#374
of 718 outputs
Outputs of similar age
#76,306
of 263,982 outputs
Outputs of similar age from International Journal of Mental Health Systems
#2
of 8 outputs
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