Mental health care for ethnic minority individuals and communities in the aftermath of disasters and mass violence.

Mental health care for ethnic minority individuals and communities in the aftermath of disasters and mass violence.
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灾害和大规模暴力后少数民族个人和社区的心理保健。

DOI:
10.1017/s1092852900019477
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发表时间:
2005
期刊:
影响因子:
3.3
通讯作者:
Alegria,Margarita
Alegria,Margarita
中科院分区:
医学3区
文献类型:
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作者:
Norris,FranH;Alegria,Margarita

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Findings from research on psychiatric epidemiology, disaster effects, discrepancies in service use, and crosscultural psychology are reviewed to generate guidelines for culturally responsive postdisaster interventions. Ethnicity and culture influence mental health care at various points: on need for help; on availability and accessibility of help; on help-seeking comfort (stigma, mistrust), and on the probability that help is provided appropriately. There are aspects of disaster mental health practice that may ameliorate many of barriers that contribute to ethnic disparities in service use. It is proposed that interventions should give greater attention to socially engaged emotions and functioning. To promote disaster recovery, practitioners are advised to: assess community needs early and often;