Psychosocial Interventions in Rehabilitation: An Intercultural Perspective

Mental Health First Aid Training: A Study of Community Members’ Pre and Post-training Responses to a 17-Item Questionnaire

“…According to this study, community members' responses improved, mild to significant levels, after MHFA training and substantiated the findings of other researches; evidently patients with mental disorders do not get proper medical care [34][35][36]; exercise helps improvement of mild to moderate anxiety and depression [67][68][69]83]; MH workers should encourage rather than force a patient with mental disorders to seek help in mental health settings [1,[43][44][45][46]; many mental disorders including anxiety disorders, depression and also other disorders improve with non-drug therapies including CBT [39][40][41][52][53][54][55], and remit with antidepressants and anxiolytics [1,50,51]; anxiety and panic disorders do not cause medical diseases but often present with symptoms micking medical diseases [58,59]; strong approval or disapproval of patients aggressive behaviors due to culturally unacceptable lifestyles is against prevailing norms and human rights, and of course prejudiced and stigmatized [1,[43][44][45][46]; exploring non-judgmentally suicidal behavior including indicators of suicide does not increase the risk of suicide rather prevent it [28,[31][32][33][60][61][62]83,84]; immediate discussion and debriefing individuals with acute psychosis due to acute trauma or othe...…”