Sociocultural Determinants of the Help-seeking Behavior of Patients with Mental Illness

Lin, Keh Ming; Inui, Thomas S.; Kleinman, Arthur; Womack, William M.

doi:10.1097/00005053-198202000-00003

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“…The combination of Asian cultures' belief in the unity of the mind and body with the Asian tendency not to express feelings openly may lead to the presentation of somatic complaints and the underreporting of psychological symptoms (Lin & Cheung, 1999). Indeed, AA/PIs entering mental health treatment often exhibit severe psychopathology (Durvasula & Sue, 1996), a finding attributed to the long treatment delay in this population compared with that in other ethnic groups (Lin, Inui, Kleinman, & Womack, 1982).…”

Section: Cultural Context Of Help-seeking In Asian American and Pacifmentioning

confidence: 98%

Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment.

Goldston

Molock

Whitbeck

et al. 2008

American Psychologist

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Ethnic groups differ in rates of suicidal behaviors among youths, the context within which suicidal behavior occurs (e.g., different precipitants, vulnerability and protective factors, and reactions to suicidal behaviors), and patterns of help-seeking. In this article, the authors discuss the cultural context of suicidal behavior among African American, American Indian and Alaska Native, Asian American and Pacific Islander, and Latino adolescents, and the implications of these contexts for suicide prevention and treatment. Several cross-cutting issues are discussed, including acculturative stress and protective factors within cultures; the roles of religion and spirituality and the family in culturally sensitive interventions; different manifestations and interpretations of distress in different cultures; and the impact of stigma and cultural distrust on help-seeking. The needs for culturally sensitive and community-based interventions are discussed, along with future opportunities for research in intervention development and evaluation.

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Section: Cultural Context Of Help-seeking In Asian American and Pacifmentioning

confidence: 98%

Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment.

Goldston

Molock

Whitbeck

et al. 2008

American Psychologist

416

318

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“…The higher-order variables (right column in Figure 1) are broad concepts of well-known impact on several pathways of the model: sociocultural background (Cauce et al, 2002;Kaukinen, 2004;Liang et al, 2005;Lin, Inui, Kleinman, & Womack, 1982;West, Kantor, & Jasinski, 1998 ), mental health literacy (Jorm et al, 1997), and previous experience with help-seeking (Liang et al, 2005;Wolf, Ly, Hobart, & Kernic, 2003). Influences on Traumatization·Perceived Problem Trajectories.…”

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Seeking Psychosocial Care After Interpersonal Violence: An Integrative Model

Schreiber¹,

Renneberg²,

Maercker

2009

Violence Vict

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Andreas Maercker Prof Dr DrUniversität Zürich, SwitzerlandMany people experience a traumatic event at least once in their lifetime. But only a fraction of those traumatized and in need of mental health care receive psychosocial care or treatment. This may be due to barriers people experience within the help-seeking process.The individual help-seeking process is consequently highly relevant for any mental health care for trauma survivors. Understanding why people refrain from asking for help or delay the help-seeking process is central to understanding help-seeking after traumatization. Based on empirical data and theoretical models, an integrative model of individual mental health help-seeking is developed. This integrative model delineates parameters relevant for seeking psychosocial care or refraining from it.

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“…When people in Taiwan express their suicidal feelings to their family members, it often ends up in harming social relationships, which is similar to how the ethnic Chinese families cope with patients of mental illness and Alzheimer's disease (Hinton et al, 2000;Lee et al, 2001;Lin et al, 1982). Reports also indicate that patients and their families keep suicide secretive in Finland because of shame, and they also avoid talking about it by creating a barrier between family members (Vuokila-Oikkonen et al, 2002).…”

Section: Socio-cultural and Religious Implications Of Suicidementioning

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Suicide in Taiwan's Society

Agoramoorthy

Hsu

2011

Drustvena istrazivanja

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Taiwan is a modern industrialized megalopolis clinging to the fringes of the ancient Chinese culture. This tiny island has evolved from agricultural backwater status to global technological giant over the last few decades. Despite the economic prosperity and democratic reforms, social problems involving suicide additionally emerged, and suicide became one of the top ten major causes of death since 1982. In this paper, we have presented data on the occurrence of suicide in Taiwan between 1986 and 2007. We have explored the socio-cultural, religious and economic elements associated with suicide in Taiwan's society. We have also outlined certain measures to minimize the occurrence of suicide in Taiwan in the near future.

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Sociocultural Determinants of the Help-seeking Behavior of Patients with Mental Illness

Cited by 151 publications

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Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment.

Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment.

Seeking Psychosocial Care After Interpersonal Violence: An Integrative Model

Suicide in Taiwan's Society

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