Posttraumatische Belastungsstörung

Böttche, Maria; Stammel, Nadine; Knaevelsrud, Christine

doi:10.1007/978-3-662-45995-9_9-1

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“…This is a reminder of the need for linguistic and cultural adaptation to the needs of Syrian refugees engaging with the healthcare system in Leipzig. However, research suggests such services are often unavailable (Böttche et al, 2016), and there is a need for different types of services that may be more relevant, accessible and scalable (Sijbrandij et al, 2017). For example, there is evidence to support task-shifting of scalable mental health services from licensed providers to lay health care providers who are trained to deliver counseling and psychoeducation (but not psychotherapy per se) within their communities, including for refugees, and this may be an important means of increasing access to mental healthcare (Bryant et al, 2022;de Graaff et al, 2023;Schafer et al, 2023).…”

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Mental healthcare access among resettled Syrian refugees in Leipzig, Germany

Schoenberger,

Schönenberg,

Fuhr

et al. 2024

Camb. prisms Glob. ment. health

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Our aim was to examine mental health needs and access to mental healthcare services among Syrian refugees in the city of Leipzig, Germany. We conducted a cross-sectional survey with Syrian refugee adults in Leipzig, Germany in 2021/2022. Outcomes included PTSD (PCL-5), depression (PHQ-9), anxiety (GAD-7) and somatic symptom (SSS-8). Descriptive, regression and effect modification analyses assessed associations between selected predictor variables and mental health service access. The sampling strategy means findings are applicable only to Syrian refugees in Leipzig. Of the 513 respondents, 18.3% had moderate/severe anxiety symptoms, 28.7% had moderate/severe depression symptoms, and 25.3% had PTSD symptoms. A total of 52.8% reported past year mental health problems, and 48.9% of those participants sought care for these problems. The most common reasons for not accessing mental healthcare services were wanting to handle the problem themselves and uncertainty about where to access services. Adjusted Poisson regression models (n = 259) found significant associations between current mental health symptoms and mental healthcare service access (RR: 1.47, 95% CI: 1.02–2.15, p = 0.041) but significance levels were not reached between somatization and trust in physicians with mental healthcare service access. Syrian refugees in Leipzig likely experience high unmet mental health needs. Community-based interventions for refugee mental health and de-stigmatization activities are needed to address these unmet needs in Leipzig.

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