乌干达北部和中部中学生的心理健康素养:一项定性研究。

Elialilia S Okello, Catherine Abbo, Wilson W Muhwezi, Grace Akello, Emilio Ovuga
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目的:在乌干达,探索年轻人对精神疾病看法的工作十分有限。要使针对青少年的心理健康计划取得成功,就必须将他们对精神疾病的理解、对精神疾病成因的看法以及对精神病患者的态度纳入其中。本研究旨在探讨乌干达北部和中部中学青少年的心理健康问题:这是一项定性研究,与中学青少年进行了 24 次焦点小组讨论(FGD)。受访者年龄为 14-24 岁,从这两个地区的 4 所中学有针对性地选出。在焦点小组讨论中,探讨了青少年对以下三个方面的看法和理解:精神健康/精神疾病的含义、精神疾病的成因以及对精神疾病的态度。数据管理和分析借助定量分析软件 Atlas.ti 进行。采用了专题分析方法:FGD 参与者使用健全和正常的心理、正确的思维、正常的行为和正常的想法等概念来定义心理健康。而精神病则被定义为失去现实感、大脑功能失调、思维障碍和行为怪异。年轻人将精神疾病归因于:药物滥用(大麻、酒精)、目睹创伤事件(目睹亲人被杀,或被迫参与杀戮--乌干达北部的年轻人经常提到)、巫术、身体疾病的影响(如艾滋病毒/癫痫)、想得太多、意外事故和遗传因素。他们对与精神病患者交往的看法不一。众所周知,不可预知性和危险性是对精神病人持负面看法的人经常提到的一个主题。尽管如此,一些参与小组讨论的人认为,与精神病患者互动的程度取决于对精神病的熟悉程度和症状的严重程度。同样,人们对精神病和工作的看法也不尽相同。主要有三类回答。它们是:i) "精神病患者不应该工作";ii) "精神病患者应该工作,但......";iii) "精神病患者应该像其他人一样工作":调查结果指出了年轻人在知识和态度方面的主要差距,而这些差距正是以年轻人为重点的心理健康干预措施所需要关注的。为了使这些干预措施取得成功,年轻人必须能够识别并适当应对痛苦的迹象、功能减退以及其他精神健康状况不佳的早期征兆。
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Mental health literacy among secondary school students in North and Central Uganda: a qualitative study.

Objectives: There has been limited effort to explore young people's perceptions about mental illness in Uganda. For mental health programs targeting young people to succeed, it is important to incorporate their understanding of mental illness, their perceptions about causes of mental illness and their attitudes about mentally ill people. The objective of this study was to explore the mental health of young people in secondary schools in Northern and Central Uganda.

Subjects and methods: This was a qualitative study where 24 focus group discussions (FGDs) were held with young people in secondary schools. Respondents aged 14-24 years were purposively selected from 4 secondary schools in the two regions. During the FGDs, young people's perceptions and understanding of three areas listed below were explored: meaning of mental health/mental illness; causes of mental illness and attitudes toward mental illness. Data management and analysis was done with the help of Atlas.ti, a-qualitative-analysis software. Thematic analysis approach was employed.

Results: FGD participants used concepts like a sound and normal mind, right thinking, normal behavior and normal thoughts to define mental health. Mental illness on the other hand was defined as loss of sense of reality, malfunctioning of the brain, impaired thinking and bizarre behavior. Young people attributed mental illness to; substance abuse (Marijuana, alcohol), witnessing traumatic events (seeing ones your relatives being killed, or being forced to participate in killing-frequently mentioned by young people in Northern Uganda); witch craft, effect of physical illness e.g. HIV/epilepsy, thinking too much, accidents and genetic explanations. They had mixed opinions about interacting with mentally ill individuals. Unpredictability and dangerousness were known to be a recurrent theme among people with negative views about mentally ill. Nonetheless, some FGD participants believed that the level of interaction with mentally ill persons depended on familiarity with mental illness and the severity of the symptoms. Similarly, there were mixed opinions regarding mental illness and work. Three main clusters of responses emerged. These were: i) "mentally ill people should not work"; ii) "mentally ill people should work but.."; iii) "mentally ill people should work like everyone else".

Conclusions: Findings point to key gaps in the knowledge and attitudes of young people that need to be targeted by young-people-focused-interventions for mental health. In order for such interventions to succeed, young people must be able to recognize and respond appropriately to signs of distress, reduced functioning, and other early signs of poor mental health.

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