在墨西哥寻求心理健康帮助
Robin E Gearing1, Kathryne B Brewer2, Micki Washburn3
1University of Houston Graduate College of Social Work, Houston, TX, USA.
Global health promotion
|October 27, 2023
概括
墨西哥大多数需要心理健康服务的成年人并不寻求专业的帮助. 自我耻辱显著减少了对护理的开放性,而更高的灵性增加了它,为有针对性的健康促进策略提供了信息.
科学领域:
- 心理健康服务研究 心理健康服务研究
- 跨文化心理学 跨文化心理学
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 在墨西哥,心理健康需求和服务利用之间存在很大的差距.
- 了解影响寻求帮助行为的因素对于改善心理健康服务的准入至关重要.
- 耻辱和文化因素在心理健康服务参与中发挥着至关重要的作用.
研究的目的:
- 调查墨西哥对寻求心理健康问题的专业帮助的开放程度的相关性.
- 确定墨西哥人口中使用心理健康护理的关键障碍和促进因素.
- 为文化相关的心理健康促进战略提供信息.
主要方法:
- 一项使用实验性贴片方法的定量研究,对墨西哥城的469名成年人进行了便利样本.
- 使用结构回归分析来检查隐性变量"对寻求专业帮助的开放性".
- 数据收集包括用西班牙语进行的调查,评估污名,精神和人口因素.
主要成果:
- 与男性相比,女性对寻求专业帮助的开放性更大.
- 较高的灵性水平与对专业帮助的开放性有关.
- 自我污名化成为一个显著的负面预测因素,与低服务利用率密切相关.
结论:
- 自我耻辱是墨西哥获得心理健康服务的主要障碍.
- 灵性对寻求专业帮助有积极的影响,这与之前的一些研究相反.
- 研究结果为文化敏感的干预提供了洞察力,以增加墨西哥和美国拉丁裔的心理健康服务利用率.
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