Mental health help-seeking and refugee adolescents: Qualitative findings from a mixed-methods investigation
Mental health help-seeking and refugee adolescents: Qualitative findings from a mixed-methods investigation
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DOI：
10.1080/00050060903262387
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发表时间：
2010-03-01
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1.9
通讯作者：
Ziaian, Tahereh
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作者：
De Anstiss, Helena;Ziaian, Tahereh
澳大利亚和其他西方重新安置国家普遍认为，许多有社会、行为和精神健康问题的难民青少年得不到精神保健。然而，缺乏对难民青少年心理健康服务利用和寻求帮助的研究。迄今为止，大多数研究都集中在一般人口中的青少年身上，即使这样，研究仍然非常有限。本文介绍了来自阿富汗，波斯尼亚，伊朗，伊拉克，利比里亚，塞尔维亚和苏丹的85名13-17岁的难民青少年举行的13个焦点小组的调查结果。这项研究是对4-17岁儿童的难民父母和13-17岁青少年利用心理健康服务的更广泛调查的一部分。关于青少年，重点小组的调查结果表明，由于一系列个人、文化和服务方面的障碍，大多数人非常不愿意冒险超越其密切的友谊网络，寻求帮助解决其心理社会问题。精神卫生政策制定者，服务规划者和服务提供者的影响进行了讨论。
There is general agreement in Australia and other Western resettlement countries that many refugee adolescents with social, behavioural, and mental health problems are not accessing mental health care. There is, however, a paucity of research on refugee adolescent mental health service utilisation and help-seeking. Most research to date has centred on adolescents in the general population, and even then is still very limited. This paper presents the findings of 13 focus groups held with 85 refugee adolescents aged 13-17 years from Afghanistan, Bosnia, Iran, Iraq, Liberia, Serbia, and Sudan. The study was part of a wider investigation of mental health service utilisation by refugee parents of children aged 4-17 years, and by adolescents aged 13-17 years. With respect to adolescents, the focus group findings indicate that most are very reluctant to venture beyond their close friendship networks for help with their psychosocial problems due to a range of individual, cultural, and service-related barriers. Implications for mental health policymakers, service planners, and service providers are discussed.