Pub Date : 2023-09-20DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2255435
Manisha Joshi, Phycien Paul, Caleb Jean-Baptiste, Guitele J. Rahill, Elmondo Odans, Abraham Salinas-Miranda, Joseph Heger, Christopher Rice
AbstractThere is a dearth of scientific knowledge regarding suicidal ideation (SI) and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) in Haiti. We conducted a community survey with a convenience sample of 673 residents from Haiti’s Cité Soleil (January - June 2021) to address these gaps. Participants answered questions on SI, on ACEs from the ACE international questionnaire (ACE-IQ) section 5 abuse-related items, on adult experiences of non-partner sexual violence, on use of alcohol to manage stress and on trauma responses. Latent Class Analysis identified a five-class-model of poly-victimization ranging from Class 1 (no abuse) to Class 5 (combination of emotional, physical, and sexual abuse). SI prevalence was 65.3%. Women were nearly twice as likely as men to report SI (95% CI = 1.08–2.74). Class 1 comprised 25% of participants. Class 5 members were almost four times more likely to endorse SI than Class 1 members (95% CI = 1.52–9.10). Class 4 members were roughly four times more likely to endorse SI than Class 1 members. (95% CL = 1.83–7.81). Class 3 members were nearly twice as likely to endorse SI as Class 1 members (95% CI = 1.03–3.35). Participant survivors of NPSV were three times more likely to report SI than non-victims (95% CI = 1.61–5.67). Alcohol use to manage stress increased odds of SI by 1.59 (95% CI = 1.01–2.52). Hypervigilance increased the odds of SI by 3.21 (95% CI = 1.84–5.58). Limitations include recall bias, non-generalizability, use of self-reported data, and ACE-IQ’s limitations.Early identification and prevention of SI, ACE, NPSV, alcohol use, and trauma are warranted.Keywords: Haitisuicidal ideationadverse childhood experiencesinterpersonal violencenon-partner sexual violence Disclosure statementNo potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s)
摘要关于海地自杀意念(SI)和不良童年经历(ace)的科学知识缺乏。我们在2021年1月至6月期间对海地cit Soleil的673名居民进行了一项社区调查,以解决这些差距。与会者回答了以下问题:SI、ACE国际调查问卷(ACE- iq)第5节与虐待有关的ACE、成人遭受非伴侣性暴力的经历、使用酒精来控制压力以及创伤反应。潜在类别分析确定了一个五类多重受害模型,从第一类(无虐待)到第五类(情感、身体和性虐待的结合)。SI患病率为65.3%。女性报告SI的可能性几乎是男性的两倍(95% CI = 1.08-2.74)。1班占参与者的25%。第5类成员支持SI的可能性几乎是第1类成员的4倍(95% CI = 1.52-9.10)。第4类成员支持SI的可能性大约是第1类成员的4倍。(95% cl = 1.83 ~ 7.81)。第三类成员支持SI的可能性几乎是第一类成员的两倍(95% CI = 1.03-3.35)。NPSV幸存者报告SI的可能性是非受害者的三倍(95% CI = 1.61-5.67)。使用酒精来控制压力会使SI的几率增加1.59 (95% CI = 1.01-2.52)。过度警惕使SI的几率增加3.21 (95% CI = 1.84-5.58)。局限性包括回忆偏差、非泛化性、使用自我报告数据和ACE-IQ的局限性。早期识别和预防SI、ACE、NPSV、酒精使用和创伤是必要的。关键词:海地自杀意念童年不良经历人际暴力非伴侣性暴力披露声明作者未报告潜在利益冲突
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Pub Date : 2023-09-07DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2253397
Muftau Mohammed, T. Bella-Awusah, Babatunde Adedokun, I. Lagunju, Cornelius Ani
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Pub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2250938
Eric Bui, Allyson M. Blackburn, Lauren H. Brenner, L. M. Laifer, Elyse R Park, J. Denninger, Thomas J. Spencer, Gregory Fricchione, Louisa Sylvia
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Pub Date : 2023-08-10DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2241750
Soumia Benbrika, Lucie Metivier, Eric Bui
Published in International Journal of Mental Health (Vol. 52, No. 3, 2023)
发表于《国际心理健康杂志》(第52卷,第3期,2023年)
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Pub Date : 2023-07-16DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2234802
Shunsuke Nonaka, Motohiro Sakai
{"title":"Comparing perceived reasons for initiating and maintaining hikikomori (prolonged social withdrawal): Quantitative text analysis","authors":"Shunsuke Nonaka, Motohiro Sakai","doi":"10.1080/00207411.2023.2234802","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2023.2234802","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46170,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44648174","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-07-03DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2230041
S. Aggarwal, Michael Berk, N. Shah, Anokhi Shah, D. Kondal, G. Patton, Vikram Patel
{"title":"Evaluating the acceptability of ATMAN intervention for self-harm in youth in India: A pilot study","authors":"S. Aggarwal, Michael Berk, N. Shah, Anokhi Shah, D. Kondal, G. Patton, Vikram Patel","doi":"10.1080/00207411.2023.2230041","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2023.2230041","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46170,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44850164","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-13DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2219950
Nawal Ouhmad, Romain Deperrois, W. El Hage, N. Combalbert
{"title":"Cognitive distortions, anxiety, and depression in individuals suffering from PTSD","authors":"Nawal Ouhmad, Romain Deperrois, W. El Hage, N. Combalbert","doi":"10.1080/00207411.2023.2219950","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1080/00207411.2023.2219950","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46170,"journal":{"name":"INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MENTAL HEALTH","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.0,"publicationDate":"2023-06-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47604813","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2023-06-08DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2218586
Sonya C. Faber, M. Osman, Monnica T. Williams
Abstract There has been ongoing national discourse about barriers to mental health care services in Canada. The purpose of the study is to better understand these barriers, with a focus on Canadians of color. To that end, this study surveyed 1501 adults representative of the general population, collected by the Angus Reid Institute. Over half of the respondents had sought out mental health care and experienced barriers to access. People of color (visible minorities and Indigenous people) had more difficulty accessing care, as did younger adults and those with lower incomes. The most common difficulties were largely structural: long waitlists (62%), financial barriers (58%), lack of resources/professionals in the area (47%), difficulty finding specialists (41%), and difficulty accessing in-person care during the pandemic (34%). Many noted negative experiences with mental health professionals (35%). More English-speaking than French-speaking Canadians reported barriers to care overall. Race/ethnicity was related to difficulties when trying to access mental health care, as many could not find someone of the same group (25% of Black respondents), someone who spoke their preferred language (22% of South Asian respondents), or they had prior negative experiences (50% of Indigenous respondents). We discuss the implications of these findings, including the critical need to increase the supply and diversity of mental health providers across Canada. This study is one of the first to provide quantitative data on the perceived barriers faced by Canadians in accessing mental health care while exploring the role of language, race, and ethnicity as variables that may influence access.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-24eCollection Date: 2023-01-01DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2202431
Gerardo A Zavala, Hannah Maria Jennings, Saima Afaq, Ashraful Alam, Naveed Ahmed, Faiza Aslam, Aatik Arsh, Karen Coales, David Ekers, Mumtahana Nabi, Anum Naz, Nayeema Shakur, Najma Siddiqi, Judy M Wright, Ian Kellar
We evaluate the effectiveness of psychological interventions for depression in people with NCDs in South Asia and explore the individual, organizational, and policy-level barriers and facilitators for the implementation and scaling up of these interventions. Eight databases (and local web pages) were searched in May 2022. We conducted random effects models to evaluate the pooled effect of psychological interventions on depression in people with NCDs. We extracted the individual, organizational, and policy level barriers and facilitators. We found five randomized control trials, nine qualitative studies, and 35 policy documents that fitted the inclusion criteria. The pooled standardized mean difference in depression comparing psychological interventions with usual care was -2.31 (95% CI, -4.16 to -0.45; p = .015, I2 = 96.0%). We found barriers and facilitators to intervention delivery, mental health appears in the policy agenda in Bangladesh and Pakistan. However, there is a lack of policies relating to training in mental health for NCD health providers and a lack of integration of mental health care with NCD care. All of the psychological interventions reported to be effective in treating depression in this population. There are important delivery and policy barriers to the implementation and scaling up of psychological interventions for people with NCDs.
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Pub Date : 2023-04-03DOI: 10.1080/00207411.2023.2206283
Charlotte Hivet, E. Bui
Stigmatization of mental health problems is a major and worldwide concern that may prevent individuals suffering from mental health conditions from accessing the treatment they need. This issue of the International Journal of Mental Health (IJMH) features four papers reporting the impact of stigmatization on access to mental health care, in different regions of the globe. In a first publication, Choudhry et al. (2023) reviewed the barriers to accessing mental health care in Pakistan and found six studies reporting stigma as the main barrier to receiving mental health services. In another study, among N1⁄4 1,720 adult Ukrainians, Jiang et al. (2023) reported that increased religious beliefs were associated with decreased treatment seeking behavior. Further, among the treatment-seeking participants, weaker religious beliefs was associated with seeking alternative mental health treatments (as opposed to conventional treatments). In another study, Subu et al. (2023) reported in a qualitative study examining N1⁄4 25 Indonesian families that stigmatization also prevented patients from accessing conventional mental health care. Taken together, these two papers pointed out that one of the main determinants of stigmatization was cultural background. While it may be difficult (and even not desirable) to target cultural and/or religious beliefs in order to support destigmatization, there may be other ways to decrease perceived stigma and increase access to care among patients with mental health conditions. In a fourth study among N1⁄4 305 South-Korean university students, increased mental health literacy was in fact associated with decreased stigmatization (Kim, 2023), suggesting that targeting mental health literacy may be helpful to decrease self-stigma. In addition, this study also found that mental health literacy might improve treatment-seeking behaviors regardless of perceived stigma. It is important to note that in addition to barriers to mental health care, individuals with mental health conditions also face barriers to accessing non-psychiatric medical care, potentially through increased perceived stigma (Ostrow et al., 2014) and stigmatizing attitudes from health care professionals (Neauport et al., 2012). Clearly, interventions to promote access to mental health care as well as health care in general are needed both in developing and industrialized countries.
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