Partnering with refugee communities to improve mental health access: Going from “why are they not coming” to “what can I (we) do differently?”.

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Saida M. Abdi ◽  
Alisa B. Miller ◽  
Naima Y. Agalab ◽  
B. Heidi Ellis
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Mental Health Access

MENTAL HEALTH ACCESS BACKGROUND AND FRAMEWORK FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE DIGITAL ERA

2022 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 0-0
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Professional Services ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Limited Information ◽  
Problem Space ◽  
Digital Era ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Processing Information ◽  
Online Access ◽  
Mental Health Access

Mental Health consists of a wide range of conditions affecting an individual’s behavior, mood, and thinking. A gap between providers and consumers exists due to the lack of resources available for online mental health access. Research shows limited information available for processing information and pursuing professional services to become healthy. The purpose of this literature review is to provide framework that contributes to Mental Health online access and improving digital therapy. Suggested approaches listed in addition to graphics that summarize the problem space and provide potential solutions.

Mental Health Access Issues by People of Refugee Backgrounds in Australia

2021 ◽  
pp. 1076-1094
Author(s):  
Ndungi wa Mungai ◽  
Jeanette Ninnis ◽  
Ruth (Isobel) Bailey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Critical Discussion ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Cultural Issues ◽  
Cultural Setting ◽  
The Individual ◽  
Mental Health Access

This chapter presents a critical discussion on the understanding and access of mental health services by people from diverse refugee backgrounds delivered in a Western cultural setting. Mental health services are heavily influenced by a biomedical approach, but there is a growing understanding of the importance of culture and biopsychosocial approaches. This chapter highlights some of the institutional and cultural issues that need to be addressed for the services to be effective. Practical approaches that have worked in different places are explored and critically discussed. A recovery-oriented model that recognizes that the individual is part of the community and the importance of spirituality are canvassed.

scholarly journals Experiences of how services supporting women with perinatal mental health difficulties work with their families: a qualitative study in England

BMJ Open ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (7) ◽  
pp. e030208 ◽  
Author(s):  
Billie Lever Taylor ◽  
Jo Billings ◽  
Nicola Morant ◽  
Debra Bick ◽  
Sonia Johnson
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Family Involvement ◽  
Family Members ◽  
Vital Role ◽  
Perinatal Mental Health ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Mental Health Difficulties ◽  
The Uk ◽  
Mental Health Access

ObjectivesPartners and wider family members play a vital role in relation to women’s perinatal mental health. Clinical guidelines in the UK and internationally recommend that services supporting women with perinatal mental health difficulties involve and support their families too. However, little is known about family members’ needs and experiences, or whether they feel included by mental health services. This study set out to explore this.MethodsThis research formed part of a wider study exploring experiences of perinatal mental health care in England. The broader study included semi-structured interviews with 52 women across England who received treatment for a perinatal mental health difficulty, and 32 family members identified by the women as offering them some support. Data from these 84 interviews relating to how services work with partners and families were extracted and analysed thematically.ResultsAnalysis identified three overarching themes: (1) the centrality of women’s families to their perinatal mental health/access to support, (2) experiences of partners and families being excluded by services and (3) ambivalence among women and their families about increasing family involvement/support. We found that partners and families appear to have an important influence on women’s perinatal mental health, access to care and interactions with services, but that services tend to focus on individual women (and babies) with little regard for their wider family context. The complexity of involving and supporting partners and families, coupled with anxiety about this among women and their families, reinforces the tendency to marginalise them.ConclusionInvolving women’s families and providing the support they need is challenging, but important. Experiences of women and their families of services treating perinatal mental health difficulties suggests greater focus is needed on overcoming barriers to family inclusion and on challenging underlying gender roles and expectations, rather than allowing these to shape and guide practice.

scholarly journals Ensuring mental health access for vulnerable populations in COVID era

2020 ◽  
Vol 129 ◽  
pp. 147-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Leonard E. Egede ◽  
Kenneth J. Ruggiero ◽  
B. Christopher Frueh
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Vulnerable Populations ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Mental Health Access

Mental health, suicidal ideation, and experience of bullying among university students in Pakistan

2019 ◽  
pp. 135910531986981 ◽  
Author(s):  
Akhtar Bibi ◽  
Simon E Blackwell ◽  
Jürgen Margraf
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Suicidal Ideation ◽  
University Students ◽  
Chinese Students ◽  
Health Access ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Starting Point ◽  
Good Starting Point ◽  
Mental Health Treatments ◽  
Mental Health Access

This study investigates mental health, access to treatment, suicidality, and bullying among Pakistani university students. Data were collected from a sample of 355 university students in Pakistan. For reference, we compared these data to a sample previously collected from German and Chinese students. Results indicated relatively poorer mental health and access to mental health treatments among the Pakistani sample, including a higher rate of recent suicidal ideation and bullying. Acknowledgment of these issues in Pakistani culture would be a good starting point to work on developing solutions to enhance the overall mental health of Pakistani students.

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