Download or read book Acculturation and Attitudes Toward the Utilization of Mental Health Services Among Vietnamese Refugees written by Peter Henphuc Ly and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnamese Attitudes Toward Mental Illness and the Utilization of Mental Health Service written by Dung Thi Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 1997 with total page 136 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Stigma and Help seeking Behavior in Older Vietnamese Adults written by Anh Hoang and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The current study is a literature review that examined the stigma that is associated with mental illness in relation to help-seeking behavior among older Vietnamese adults. The following inclusion criteria were used: 1) participants who were 65 years and older and identified as Vietnamese; 2) U.S. population; 3) intervention studies; 4) reviews; 5) empirical studies; and 6) book chapters published from 2005 through 2012. PsychINFO and Google Scholar search engines identified seven survey studies, one review, and one book chapter. The results from the review indicated that acculturation factors and cultural variables were significantly associated with more positive help-seeking attitudes about mental health services. Higher occupation levels and better English language skills were correlated with positive help-seeking attitudes. Greater willingness to disclose personal information and priority on mental health concerns were associated with an increased likelihood of mental health service use. Inconsistent findings on the role of stigma and cultural barriers in relation to mental health utilization were also found, suggesting the need for more intervention studies that closely examine the construct of stigma. Taken altogether, the findings suggest a lack of culturally competent mental health interventions and a need for more research that is focused on factors that enhance mental health functioning among older Vietnamese Americans.
Download or read book Mental Health written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 28 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Influences of Acculturation Cultural Barriers and Spiritual Beliefs on Mental Health Services Usage in the Vietnamese American Population written by Thang D. Luu and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 160 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Acculturation and Attitudes Toward Seeking Professional Psychological Help Among Vietnamese American Adults written by Michael Anthony West and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 162 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Lasting Impacts of the Vietnam War on the Vietnamese Vommunity s Mental Health written by Kelly Le and published by . This book was released on 2022 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the Vietnam War had ended nearly 47 years ago, its impact lingers on through the experiences of Vietnamese migrants. Vietnamese Americans are often associated with the model minority within the Asian American category, but their experiences underlined high risk of mental health challenges that remain unaddressed over the years. This qualitative study used open-ended questions to conduct 26 semi-structured interviews with Vietnamese refugees to examine how migration influenced their educational and occupational attainment, and mental health utilization after resettlement. Interview transcripts were inductively coded using Atlas.ti, where the focused codes were sorted and reduced to categories, and the meaning around groups of categories were extracted. The findings indicated powerful resilience through hardship, being with family members during the resettlement process had a positive influence on higher education, high educational attainment and occupational attainment among the young and single refugees who resettled with the support of their family, and the unmet mental health needs among Vietnamese Americans due to low utilization of mental health services. This study also found that the older Vietnamese refugees were not susceptible to seeking mental health services due to stigma, cultural beliefs, and lack of knowledge about the available services, whereas the younger Vietnamese refugees were more open to discuss their mental health issues and seeking treatment.
Download or read book Vietnamese American Families Perceptions of Children s Mental Health written by Nancy Hieu Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "More research is needed in the area of counseling children (Thompson, 2007) and specifically with ethnic minority children. Despite the large population and higher prevalence of mental health concerns due to refugee and immigrant status compared to the overall American population, the Vietnamese American population underutilizes mental health services. The current study expands on existing research using a constructivist lens and multiple case study approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four Vietnamese American mothers who had children 12 and under who had or are currently using mental health services. Two primarily were Vietnamese speaking and two were primarily English speaking. Participants shared perceptions of mental health for Vietnamese American children, and described their experiences with mental health services for their children. The findings of this study indicate that Vietnamese beliefs and values, perceptions of problems, perceptions of factors contributing to mental health, approaches to addressing mental health concerns, and experiences of treatment all impacted the participants perceptions of their children's mental health service use. Implications of the findings will be detailed according to the Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1979; Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998; Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006), combined with an integrative model for Vietnamese Americans (Lam, 2005), and detailed in regards to practice, training, and future research."--Preface.
Download or read book Social Adaptation and Health Services Utilization Among Elderly Vietnamese Refugees in Honolulu written by Oedojo Soedirham and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 594 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Vietnamese American Families Perceptions Of Children s Mental Health written by Nancy Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: More research is needed in the area of counseling children (Thompson, 2007) and specifically with ethnic minority children. Despite the large population and higher prevalence of mental health concerns due to refugee and immigrant status compared to the overall American population, the Vietnamese American population underutilizes mental health services. The current study expands on existing research using a constructivist lens and multiple case study approach. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with four Vietnamese American mothers who had children 12 and under who had or are currently using mental health services. Two primarily were Vietnamese speaking and two were primarily English speaking. Participants shared perceptions of mental health for Vietnamese American children, and described their experiences with mental health services for their children. The findings of this study indicate that Vietnamese beliefs and values, perceptions of problems, perceptions of factors contributing to mental health, approaches to addressing mental health concerns, and experiences of treatment all impacted the participants perceptions of their children's mental health service use. Implications of the findings will be detailed according to the Ecological Systems Theory (Bronfenbrenner, 1979; Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 1998; Bronfenbrenner & Morris, 2006), combined with an integrative model for Vietnamese Americans (Lam, 2005), and detailed in regards to practice, training, and future research.
Download or read book Making Sense of Fractured Lives written by Diem T. Nguyen and published by . This book was released on 2020 with total page 54 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Refugee mental health is a critical global health problem. For refugees, exposure to war, violence, torture, and other forms of trauma can leave deep physical, psychological, and emotional imprints with long-term consequences on mental health. But beyond the exposures to the violence happening in their homelands, refugees’ migration journeys, resettlement, and on-going acculturation experiences also add to their mental distress. Without treatment, mental distress continues to surface to disrupt the recovery and adaptation of families and communities. Using a community-based participatory research (CBPR) approach, this qualitative study examines the long-term consequences of exposure to trauma, resettlement and on-going acculturation stress on refugee communities’ mental health. The study focuses specifically on the Vietnamese refugee community in King County, Washington as a case study. Vietnamese refugees make up one of the largest and oldest refugee communities in the United States since the establishment of the Refugee Act of 1980. There is a sense that many Vietnamese refugees have “made it” as an acculturation story. Across major U.S. cities, we see the presence of the Vietnamese people establishing roots and rebuilding families and communities. But underneath this layer of success lies a great many untold stories of pain that have been overshadowed by the need to move forward. Many Vietnamese continue to face challenges connected to past exposure to trauma as well as on-going acculturation stress. The findings from this case study will further our understanding of the long-term impacts of exposures to trauma, migration, and acculturation on the community’s recovery and adaptation with implications for research, practice, and community education.
Download or read book Barriers to Mental Health Service Utilization by Iu Mien Americans written by Lai F. Saechao and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The role of culture has significant implications for mental health services and treatments for Southeast Asians. The Iu-Mien who immigrated as refugees of war from Laos experienced tremendous amounts of trauma prior to arriving in the United States. Many had direct exposure to war trauma, experienced pre and post migration trauma and acculturation stress. While mental illnesses are evident in the Mien community then and now, many do not seek services. This research project examined the low utilization rates of the Mien for mental health services as well as the cultural beliefs, values, attitudes, and behavior that may affect their utilizations. The findings from this study revealed that traditional methods of healings remain in practice in conjunction with Western treatments.
Download or read book Effects of Acculturation on the Utilization of Mental Health Services Among Elderly Immigrants written by and published by . This book was released on 2008 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Public Health Aspects of Mental Health Among Migrants and Refugees written by Centers of Disease Control and published by Health Evidence Network Synthe. This book was released on 2016 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing number of refugees, asylum seekers, and irregular migrants poses a challenge for mental health services in Europe. This review found that these groups are exposed to risk factors for mental disorders before, during, and after migration. The prevalence of psychotic, mood, and substance-use disorders in these groups varies but overall resembles that in the host populations. Refugees and asylum seekers, however, have higher rates of post-traumatic stress disorder. Poor socioeconomic conditions are associated with increased rates of depression five years after resettlement. Refugees, asylum seekers, and irregular migrants encounter barriers to accessing mental health care. Good practice for mental health care includes promoting social integration, developing outreach services, coordinating health care, providing information on entitlements and available services, and training professionals to work with these groups. These actions require resources and organizational flexibility.
Download or read book Asian American Mental Health written by Karen Kurasaki and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2002-08-31 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian American Mental Health is a state-of-the-art compendium of the conceptual issues, empirical literature, methodological approaches, and practice guidelines for conducting culturally informed assessments of Asian Americans, and for assessing provider cultural competency within individuals and systems. It is the first of its kind on Asian Americans. This volume draws upon the expertise of many of the leading experts in Asian American and multicultural mental health to provide a much needed resource for students and professionals in a wide range of disciplines including clinical psychology, medical anthropology, psychiatry, cross-cultural psychology, multicultural counseling, ethnic minority psychology, sociology, social work, counselor education, counseling psychology, and more.
Download or read book Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families written by Nhi-ha Trinh and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2009-01-21 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Asian Americans are the fastest growing minority group in the United States. When Asian immigrants arrive in the United States, they regularly encounter a vast number of difficulties integrating themselves into their new culture. In Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families, distinguished researchers and clinicians discuss the process of acculturation for individuals and their families, addressing the mental health needs of Asian Americans and thoroughly examining the acculturative process, its common stressors, and characteristics associated with resiliency. This first-of-its-kind, multi-dimensional title synthesizes current acculturation research, while presenting those concepts within a clinical framework. In addition to providing an in-depth look at both past and present research and offering directions for future topics to explore, the book also offers a range of practical tools such as research scales to measure levels of acculturation, interview techniques, and clinical approaches for special populations including children, the elderly, and their families. Thought-provoking and informative, Handbook of Mental Health and Acculturation in Asian American Families will enhance the understanding of the clinical and sociocultural problems Asian Americans face, providing clinicians with all the necessary insights to better care for their patients.
Download or read book The Cambridge Handbook of Acculturation Psychology written by David L. Sam and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2006-08-03 with total page 17 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In recent years the topic of acculturation has evolved from a relatively minor research area to one of the most researched subjects in the field of cross-cultural psychology. This edited handbook compiles and systemizes the current state of the art by exploring the broad international scope of acculturation. A collection of the world's leading experts in the field review the various contexts for acculturation, the central theories, the groups and individuals undergoing acculturation (immigrants, refugees, indigenous people, expatriates, students and tourists) and discuss how current knowledge can be applied to make both the process and its outcome more manageable and profitable. Building on the theoretical and methodological framework of cross-cultural psychology, the authors focus specifically on the issues that arise when people from one culture move to another culture and the reciprocal adjustments, tensions and benefits involved.
