Exploring presentation differences in multi-cultural youth seeking assistance for mental health problems.
Culturally and linguistically diverse Australians
Help-seeking behaviour
Mental health
Youth mental health
Journal
BMC psychology
ISSN: 2050-7283
Titre abrégé: BMC Psychol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 101627676
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
27 Apr 2021
27 Apr 2021
Historique:
received:
23
10
2020
accepted:
21
04
2021
entrez:
28
4
2021
pubmed:
29
4
2021
medline:
30
4
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Mental ill-health can impact an individual's capacity to interact with others, make decisions, and cope with social challenges. This is of particular importance for many Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) individuals who may be at various stages of the acculturation process. The increasing diversity of the Australian population necessitates informed and culturally relevant services that meet the needs of a changing demographic. However the extant research on the mental health needs of CALD Australians is limited. This study aimed to further our understanding of the mental health needs of young CALD Australians by exploring the mental health concerns and social factors exhibited by CALD individuals accessing community based youth mental health services in two major cities. We performed a series of logistic regression models to ascertain if a concert of factors (i.e., clinical, socio-economic, criminal justice system involvement, child maltreatment, social support) were associated with CALD status RESULTS: Comparisons across factors revealed no significant differences between groups. A small number of correlates differentiated between CALD and non-CALD participants (mental illness diagnosis during childhood, family history of mental illness/suicide, sensation seeking, sensitivity to punishment, maternal overprotection) however these factors were no longer meaningful after adjustment for multiple comparisons. In help-seeking mainstream youth populations, cultural differences across clinical and environmental factors appear to be minimal.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
BACKGROUND
Mental ill-health can impact an individual's capacity to interact with others, make decisions, and cope with social challenges. This is of particular importance for many Culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) individuals who may be at various stages of the acculturation process. The increasing diversity of the Australian population necessitates informed and culturally relevant services that meet the needs of a changing demographic. However the extant research on the mental health needs of CALD Australians is limited. This study aimed to further our understanding of the mental health needs of young CALD Australians by exploring the mental health concerns and social factors exhibited by CALD individuals accessing community based youth mental health services in two major cities.
METHODS
METHODS
We performed a series of logistic regression models to ascertain if a concert of factors (i.e., clinical, socio-economic, criminal justice system involvement, child maltreatment, social support) were associated with CALD status RESULTS: Comparisons across factors revealed no significant differences between groups. A small number of correlates differentiated between CALD and non-CALD participants (mental illness diagnosis during childhood, family history of mental illness/suicide, sensation seeking, sensitivity to punishment, maternal overprotection) however these factors were no longer meaningful after adjustment for multiple comparisons.
CONCLUSIONS
CONCLUSIONS
In help-seeking mainstream youth populations, cultural differences across clinical and environmental factors appear to be minimal.
Identifiants
pubmed: 33906682
doi: 10.1186/s40359-021-00571-0
pii: 10.1186/s40359-021-00571-0
pmc: PMC8077851
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
63Subventions
Organisme : NH&MRC
ID : 566529
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