Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors of Muslim Immigrants in the United States: Overcoming Social Stigma and Cultural Mistrust

Amri, Saara; Bemak, Fred

doi:10.3998/jmmh.10381607.0007.104

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“…With respect to treatment access, stigma has been cited as a barrier to treatment seeking across several minority cultures such as in African-American (Mathews et al, 2006) and Latino (Cabassa et al, 2006) communities. A similar phenomenon has been reported among minority religious communities as well, including the Muslim immigrant community in the United States (Amri and Bemak, 2012) and the Orthodox Jewish community (Feinberg, 2005;Schnall, 2006;Popovsky, 2010).…”

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Depression Stigma and Treatment Preferences Among Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews

Baruch

Kanter

Pirutinsky

et al. 2014

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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Anecdotal reports of increased stigma toward mental illness among Orthodox Jews seems to conflict with an existing literature describing less stigmatization toward depression among Jewish individuals. This online survey study investigated stigma toward depression and treatment preference among Orthodox and non-Orthodox Jews (N = 391). All participants were presented with a depression vignette to assess for stigma and then randomized to a vignette depicting a treatment modality (behaviorally oriented or insight oriented) to assess for treatment preference across several delivery options (individual, group, or Internet). Results indicated elevated depression stigma among Orthodox Jews as expressed by elevated levels of secrecy, treatment-seeking stigma, family/marriage stigma, and stigmatizing experiences, but not attitudinal social distancing. No group differences were found with respect to overall treatment preference, treatment modality, or manner of delivery. Overall, participants preferred individual therapy more than group and Internet therapy and preferred group therapy more than Internet therapy. Clinical and research implications are discussed.

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Depression Stigma and Treatment Preferences Among Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews

Baruch

Kanter

Pirutinsky

et al. 2014

Journal of Nervous &Amp; Mental Disease

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“…Further, those who do not work outside the home may be less socially integrated, experience greater language difficulties (Evans and Bowlby, 2000) and less familiarity with health care services. These groups may also prefer to deal with mental health problems within the family rather than seek help from a stranger, for fear of stigma (Amri and Bemak, 2012). As such, efforts to increase both awareness of mental health problems and help-seeking among immigrants who have lower levels of contact with mainstream society may be beneficial.…”

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Socioeconomic status and primary health service use for mental health problems among immigrants with short and long lengths of stay

Straiton

Reneflot²,

Díaz³

2016

International Journal of Migration, Health and Social Care

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Access to this document was granted through an Emerald subscription provided by emerald-srm:320271 [] For AuthorsIf you would like to write for this, or any other Emerald publication, then please use our Emerald for Authors service information about how to choose which publication to write for and submission guidelines are available for all. Please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/authors for more information. About Emerald www.emeraldinsight.comEmerald is a global publisher linking research and practice to the benefit of society. The company manages a portfolio of more than 290 journals and over 2,350 books and book series volumes, as well as providing an extensive range of online products and additional customer resources and services.Emerald is both COUNTER 4 and TRANSFER compliant. The organization is a partner of the Committee on Publication Ethics (COPE) and also works with Portico and the LOCKSS initiative for digital archive preservation. AbstractPurpose -High socioeconomic status (SES) is associated with better health and lower use of health care services in the general population. Among immigrants, the relationship appears less consistent. The purpose of this paper is to determine if the relationship between income level (a proxy for SES) and use of primary health care services for mental health problems differs for natives and five immigrant groups in Norway. It also explores the moderating effect of length of stay (LoS) among immigrants. Design/methodology/approach -Using data from two registers with national-level coverage, logistic regression analyses with interactions were carried out to determine the association between income level and having used primary health care services for mental health problems. Findings -For Norwegian men and women there was a clear negative relationship between income and service use. Interaction analyses suggested that the relationship differed for all immigrant groups compared with Norwegians. When stratifying by LoS, income was not associated with service use among recently arrived immigrants but was negatively associated among immigrants staying more than two years (with the exception of Pakistani and Iraqi women). Research limitations/implications -Country of origin and LoS should be considered when applying measures of SES in immigrant health research. Social implications -There may be an initial transition period for recently arrived immigrants where competing factors mask the association between SES and service use. Originality/value -This study benefits from nationwide coverage, eliminating self-selection biases. It demonstrates the complexity of the relationship between SES and health care use.

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“…Stigma related to use of services may discourage individuals from using services (Mukolo et al 2010). In addition, ethnic minority groups may be exposed to a greater degree of stigma in general (Amri & Bemak 2013). Stigma arising from using mental health services, together with a cultural lack of trust in formal services, has been shown to lead to lower service use by these groups (Durà-Vilà & Hodes 2012;Amri & Bemak 2013;McCann et al 2016).…”

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Service use and perceptions of service effectiveness by parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities: comparing Jewish and Arab Israeli parental caregivers

Werner

2019

J intellect Disabil Res

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Background The relationship between ethnicity, service use and perceptions of service effectiveness is inconclusive. This study examined differences in service use and perceptions of service effectiveness between Israeli Jewish (Jewish) and Israeli Arab (Arab) parental caregivers of individuals with intellectual disabilities and dual diagnosis of psychopathology. Methods Parental caregivers (n = 186) of individuals with intellectual disabilities or dual diagnosis, aged 10 to 30 years, completed a self‐report questionnaire. Results Arab parental caregivers perceived health services to be more accessible than did Jewish caregivers, but there was no difference between the two groups in the use of the services. Overall, greater enabling factors and accessibility were associated with higher use of education and social services. No differences were found between the groups in their perceptions of service effectiveness. Conclusion Arab family caregivers use education and social services less than do their Jewish peers, possibly because they have fewer enabling resources. The finding that both groups reported similar use of health services may be explained by a shared perception that informal help may not be suitable for dealing with situations of psychopathology. The similar perceptions of service effectiveness may be explained by extensive services available in Israel, to the satisfaction of both groups, or by the fact that participants perceived these services as their only alternative, and therefore fear losing them.

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Mental Health Help-Seeking Behaviors of Muslim Immigrants in the United States: Overcoming Social Stigma and Cultural Mistrust

Cited by 147 publications

References 51 publications

Depression Stigma and Treatment Preferences Among Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews

Depression Stigma and Treatment Preferences Among Orthodox and Non-Orthodox Jews

Socioeconomic status and primary health service use for mental health problems among immigrants with short and long lengths of stay

Service use and perceptions of service effectiveness by parents of individuals with intellectual disabilities: comparing Jewish and Arab Israeli parental caregivers

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