Help Seeking Attitudes Among Cambodian and Laotian Refugees Implications for Public Mental Health Approaches

• Published in: Journal of immigrant and minority health Vol. 17; no. 6; pp. 1679 - 1686
• Main Authors: Thikeo, Manivone, Florin, Paul, Ng, Chee
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York Springer Science + Business Media 01.12.2015; Springer US; Springer Nature B.V
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adolescent; Adult; Adults; Aged; Approaches; Asian Americans; Asian Americans - psychology; Asian people; Attitudes; Cambodia - ethnology; Cambodian American people; Cambodians; Comparative Law; Confidence; Cultural differences; Cultural factors; Demographic variables; Demographics; Demography; Female; Gender; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice - ethnology; Health problems; Health services; Health services utilization; Help Seeking; Help seeking behavior; Humans; Immigrants; Immigration; Indochinese; International & Foreign Law; Language; Laos - ethnology; Laotians; Male; Medicine; Medicine & Public Health; Mental disorders; Mental Health; Mental Health and Substance Use; Mental health care; Mental Health Services; Middle Aged; Minority & ethnic groups; Multiple Regression Analysis; Noncitizens; Openness; Original Paper; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - ethnology; Patient Acceptance of Health Care - psychology; Pilot Projects; Private International Law; Public Health; Refugees; Refugees - psychology; Regression analysis; Sex Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Sociology; Statistical analysis; Substance abuse; Substance use; Time Factors; United States - epidemiology; Variables; Young Adult; United States > US; Help seeking attitudes; Acculturation; Asian mental health; Refugee health

This is a pilot study of demographic and acculturation factors in relation to attitudes toward seeking psychological help among Lao and Cambodian refugees and immigrants in the United States of America. Cambodian and Laotian American adults in the United States of America were approached to complete...