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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Mental Health Service Use"”.
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Family social networks and mental health service use among Vietnamese-Americans in multigenerational families
… demonstrating that Asian-Americans underutilize mental health services compared to other ethnic groups, little is known about how Vietnamese-Americans use formal mental health services. The traumatic war, post-war and refugee journey contributed to incidences of PTSD and other mental disorders. …
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Mental health policy outcomes: an examination of older adults' mental health service use, 2002-2012
The underutilization of mental health services (MHS) by older adults – and especially by racial/ethnic minority elders – is a well-recognized problem. Though several national-level mental health policies have been enacted and implemented over the past decade, rates of underutilization remain high. …
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DEPRESSION PREVALENCE, SYMPTOM PATTERN, AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE USE AMONG CHINESE AMERICANS: A QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ETHNOCULTURAL DISPARITIES
… prevalence, symptom patterns and dimension, and mental health service use among Chinese Americans. The purpose of this research is to, 1) provide epidemiological data on the prevalence of depression among Chinese Americans, 2) examine sociocultural impacts on the prevalence and specific symptoms …
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Contextual factors on health and mental health service use among immigrants in the United States: moderation of citizenship status and race/ethnicity
… reform in 1996, immigrants’ access to social service programs and health services has been largely limited, particularly for non-citizens. Latino and Asian immigrants in the United States as the major growing immigrant populations have been found to under use health and mental health services …
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Mental Health Service Use Disparities Among Latinx Communities: An Intersectional Examination of The Role of Skin Color, Acculturative Stress, Racial Discrimination, And Mental Health Literacy
… the impact of skin color, acculturative stress, mental health literacy, and experiences of racial discrimination on the lifetime use of mental health services through an intersectional lens. More specifically, the current study examined the Latinx ethnic identity, US-born status, across the skin …
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Assessing the cost-effectiveness of non-pharmacological therapies for dementia in the community
… NPTs for further research; c) analysing mental health service use and costs pre- and post-diagnosis; and d) developing economic models to evaluate selected NPTs. Methods A systematic review of economic evaluations of community-based NPTs was conducted. A survey (n=50) involving …
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Mental health care for refugees in Germany: Needs and barriers
… proportion of refugees are at risk of developing mental health problems. If untreated, severe mental illness often persists for years. The detrimental impact of untreated mental health problems on affected individuals, their families, and communities underscores the importance of available and …
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Exploring Relationships Among Self-Determination, GPA, and Use of Mental Health Among University Students
… the relationships among self-determination, mental health service use, and GPAs of university students, with a secondary purpose of exploring students' perceptions of their self-determination and use of mental health services. The design of this study employed both quantitative and …
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Mental Health Services for Asian Youths in the United States: A Structured Literature Review
… findings of the existing literature on mental health service use among Asian and Pacific Islanders (API) youth. The project aims to answer the following questions: (1) What type of services do API youths access to address their mental health needs? (2) To what extent are API youths …
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Influences on Mental Health Service Utilization for Vietnamese Young Adults
BACKGROUND: Vietnamese-Americans underutilize mental health services. Several factors have been proposed to influence rates of service utilization within this population, including cultural identification and families' acceptance of such services. Most measures of cultural identification are …
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Internalised stigma in mental health : an investigation of the role of attachment style
… of stigma amongst adults affected by mental health problems in the United Kingdom. A systematic review, completed for this thesis, on the role of social and relational factors in internalised stigma found strongest evidence for a negative association between social support and …
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Predictors of post-deployment mental healthcare utilization among active duty Marines
Service members returning from deployment to Iraq and Afghanistan consistently report high rates of behavioral health problems, such as posttraumatic stress disorder, depression, and alcohol misuse. However, despite signs of treatment need, research suggests that mental health services are …
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Acceptability and Feasibility of Using Virtual Reality to Address Mental Health Stigma with African American Young Adults
… Americans are disproportionately affected by mental illness compared to White Americans. Studies have reported that African Americans experience higher levels of mental health-related stigma (MHS) than White Americans, which among other cultural and socioeconomic factors (e.g., cost of …
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Latino parents' perceptions of, and response to, child Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Oppositional Defiant Disorder: An ecological perspective
… efforts ultimately aimed at increasing mental health service use and improving outcomes among Latino children.
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Navigating transitions out of post-secondary education: a mixed methods study of emerging adult mental health and access to support pre-and post-graduation
Mental health during emerging adulthood (18-29) is cause for concern, as this is the age period with highest rates of mental disorders and dropout from mental health services. While much research has examined transitions into university and campus-based service access, scarce evidence exists on how …
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An exploration of the mental health lived experiences of Polish migrants, who access Mental Health Services, while resident in Leicester, Leicestershire, and Rutland.
… (ONS 2019). However, their representation within mental health services remains disproportionate to the population census. Little is known about Polish migrants’ experiences of access and treatment from mental health services in the UK. This research explores Polish migrants' lived experiences of …
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Les facteurs associés à la présence de trouble de stress post-traumatique chez la population générale en contexte de pandémie de COVID-19
… de cannabis et à des indicateurs des services de santé mentale, notamment l'utilisation de ces services et les obstacles à leur accès. Le genre a significativement modifié l’association entre l'utilisation des services de santé mentale et le diagnostic de TSPT (p < 0,001), …
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Likelihood of Using Mental Health Services among Asians and Latinos in the U.S.: An Acculturative Approach
Prior research indicates that because of acculturation, racial minorities’ use of mental health services increases with each subsequent generation. Yet little is known about how refining generational categories to include the 1.5 and 2.5 generations affects the association between acculturation and …