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Self-recognition of trauma-related psychopathology and help-seeking among resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia
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Mond, J and Slewa-Younan, S and Gabriela Uribe Guajardo, M and Mohammad, Y and Johnson, E and Milosevic, D, Self-recognition of trauma-related psychopathology and help-seeking among resettled Iraqi refugees in Australia, Transcultural Psychiatry, 58, (2) pp. 215-225. ISSN 1363-4615 (2021) [Refereed Article]
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DOI: doi:10.1177/1363461520901635
Abstract
The current study sought to examine resettled Iraqi refugees’ recognition of trauma-related psychopathology and the
association between recognition and help-seeking. Participants were 66 men and women aged 18 to 70 years with clinically
significant symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) recruited from a larger, community-based sample in Western
Sydney, Australia. Participants were presented with a vignette of a fictional character who had been exposed to trauma
prior to leaving Iraq and who was suffering from symptoms of PTSD. Participants were then asked if they believed that they
might currently have a problem such as the one described in the vignette. Approximately half (50.8%) of participants
believed that they might currently have a problem such as the one described in the vignette and one third (33.3%) of
participants had ever sought help for such a problem. Participants who believed that they might currently have a problem
like the one described were 13 times more likely to have sought help for such a problem, controlling for demographic
characteristics, trauma-related symptomatology, and levels of general psychological distress. Poor self-recognition level of
trauma-related psychopathology among resettled Iraqi refugees may be a barrier to help-seeking and may therefore be an
important target for health promotion and early intervention initiatives.
Item Details
Item Type: | Refereed Article |
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Keywords: | help-seeking, mental health literacy, posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), resettled refugees, self-recognition |
Research Division: | Health Sciences |
Research Group: | Health services and systems |
Research Field: | Mental health services |
Objective Division: | Health |
Objective Group: | Public health (excl. specific population health) |
Objective Field: | Mental health |
UTAS Author: | Mond, J (Dr Jon Mond) |
ID Code: | 140758 |
Year Published: | 2021 (online first 2020) |
Web of Science® Times Cited: | 2 |
Deposited By: | UTAS Centre for Rural Health |
Deposited On: | 2020-09-03 |
Last Modified: | 2021-05-18 |
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