Mental health conditions and help-seeking among Ukrainian war refugees in Czechia: A cross-sectional study.
Anxiety
Depression
Help-seeking
Mental health
Ukraine
War
Journal
Psychiatry research
ISSN: 1872-7123
Titre abrégé: Psychiatry Res
Pays: Ireland
ID NLM: 7911385
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
11 2023
11 2023
Historique:
received:
23
05
2023
revised:
16
10
2023
accepted:
17
10
2023
medline:
3
11
2023
pubmed:
22
10
2023
entrez:
21
10
2023
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
We aimed to screen Ukrainian war refugees (UWR) in Czechia for depression and anxiety, and to assess their recognition of personal mental health problems and related help-seeking. We conducted a cross-sectional study on a sample of UWR in Czechia. We used PHQ-8 and GAD-7 to screen for depression and anxiety, SELF-I to assess the recognition of respondents' own mental health problems, and a set of questions regarding mental health-related help-seeking. Our sample consisted of 1,347 UWR. More than 41 % of respondents screened positively for moderate or severe depression and more than 23 % for moderate or severe anxiety. Self-recognition of mental health as well as help-seeking was very low among those who screened positively for moderate or severe depression or anxiety. Even those UWR who report severe symptoms do not identify themselves as potentially having mental health issues and are not seeking help.
Sections du résumé
BACKGROUND
We aimed to screen Ukrainian war refugees (UWR) in Czechia for depression and anxiety, and to assess their recognition of personal mental health problems and related help-seeking.
METHODS
We conducted a cross-sectional study on a sample of UWR in Czechia. We used PHQ-8 and GAD-7 to screen for depression and anxiety, SELF-I to assess the recognition of respondents' own mental health problems, and a set of questions regarding mental health-related help-seeking.
FINDINGS
Our sample consisted of 1,347 UWR. More than 41 % of respondents screened positively for moderate or severe depression and more than 23 % for moderate or severe anxiety. Self-recognition of mental health as well as help-seeking was very low among those who screened positively for moderate or severe depression or anxiety.
INTERPRETATION
Even those UWR who report severe symptoms do not identify themselves as potentially having mental health issues and are not seeking help.
Identifiants
pubmed: 37864995
pii: S0165-1781(23)00502-4
doi: 10.1016/j.psychres.2023.115552
pii:
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
115552Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2023 The Author(s). Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Declaration of Competing Interest All authors declare no conflict of interest.