Barriers to Mental Health Help-Seeking Amongst Refugee Men
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Rates of help-seeking for mental health problems are low amongst refugee communities, despite the high prevalence of PTSD reported amongst these individuals. Research suggests that the key barriers to seeking help for psychological problems include structural barriers (e.g., unstable housing), cultural barriers (e.g., mental health stigma), and barriers specific to refugees and asylum seekers (e.g., visa status). This study examined the effect of structural, cultural and refugee specific barriers on the relationship between PTSD symptom severity and intentions to seek help from professional, social, and community sources. Data was collected from 103 male refugees and asylum seekers with an Arabic-, Farsi-, or Tamil-speaking background. Participants completed measures indexing demographics, trauma exposure, PTSD symptoms, mental health stigma, and help-seeking intentions. Path analyses indicated that PTSD severity was associated with lower help-seeking intentions indirectly via mental health stigma (self-stigma for seeking help and self-stigma for PTSD) and visa security. PTSD severity was also associated with greater help-seeking intentions from community members indirectly via structural barriers. These findings are important to consider when identifying key barriers to mental health help-seeking and developing interventions designed to increase help-seeking for psychological problems, within this group.
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Men and some minority groups report stigma as being particularly prolific in this context.
“Men and some minority groups report stigma as being particularly prolific in this context [18,19].”
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The Introduction reports that mental-health stigma is more prevalent in refugee communities than in Western resettlement communities, and the Conclusions identify it as a key barrier to help-seeking among male refugees. This supports the point for the refugee groups studied, but not for men generally or minority groups beyond those discussed in the paper. (LLM, conf=0.83)
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- Authors
- Byrow, Y., Pajak, R., McMahon, T., Rajouria, A., & Nickerson, A.
- Affiliations
- UNSW Sydney (AU)
- Flinders University (AU)
- Settlement Services International, Sydney, NSW 2131, Australia
- Corresponding author
- Byrow, Yulisha
- Venue
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health
- Publisher
- MDPI AG
- Published
- 2019-07-24
- Volume
- 16
- Issue
- 15
- Pages
- 2634
- ISSN
- 1660-4601 (ISSN-L)
- PMC
- PMC6696447
- OpenAlex
- W2963499340
- Cited by
- 76
- References
- 69
- Citations by year
- 2026: 9 · 2025: 10 · 2024: 11 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 12 · 2021: 15 · 2020: 6 · 2019: 1
- FWCI
- 9.93
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- gold
- dx.doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed Central (publishedVersion, cc-by)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- RePEc: Research Papers in Economics (submittedVersion)
- DOAJ (DOAJ: Directory of Open Access Journals) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- beyondblue (CLT 7237)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Migration, Health and Trauma
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Clinical Psychology › Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research
- Keywords
- help-seeking intentions, mental health help-seeking, refugee men, asylum seekers, PTSD symptom severity, mental health stigma, self-stigma, visa status, structural barriers, cultural barriers, Arabic-speaking refugees
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Australia, Humans, Male, Mental Health, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Refugees, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, Intention, Young Adult, Social Stigma
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