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Addressing barriers to mental health services: evaluation of a psychoeducational short film for forcibly displaced people
JournalArticle (Originalarbeit in einer wissenschaftlichen Zeitschrift)
 
ID 4656570
Author(s) Denkinger, J. K.; Rometsch, C.; Murray, K.; Schneck, U.; BriƟlinger, L. K.; Rahmani Azad, Z.; Windthorst, P.; Graf, J.; Hautzinger, M.; Zipfel, S.; Junne, F.
Author(s) at UniBasel Rahmani, Zahra
Year 2022
Title Addressing barriers to mental health services: evaluation of a psychoeducational short film for forcibly displaced people
Journal European Journal of Psychotraumatology
Volume 13
Number 1
Pages / Article-Number 2066458
Abstract

Background: Despite the high prevalence of mental illness in forcibly displaced people, their utilization of mental health services is low. Major barriers to seeking mental health services include mental health self-stigma. To address this issue, the psychoeducational short ļ¬lm ā€˜Coping with Flight and Traumaā€™ was developed as a brief online intervention. Objective: The present study aims to evaluate the feasibility and acceptance of the newly developed 10 min ļ¬lm, and to assess changes in self-stigma and help seeking. Method: The evaluation of the ļ¬lm was conducted using a mixed-methods design with an online survey including the Self-Stigma of Mental Illness Scale, help seeking, and mental health variables at baseline, postintervention, and 3 month follow-up, in addition to telephone interviews postintervention with a randomly selected volunteer subsample. Results: A total of 134 participants with a forced displacement history within the past 8 years took part in the study, of whom 66Conclusions: Self-stigma was shown to be a robust and persistent issue, which tends to be underestimated by individuals not aļ¬€ected by mental illness. Low-threshold psychoeducational online interventions may be a promising tool to reduce barriers to accessing mental health services for forcibly displaced people, e.g. by being implemented in stepped-care models.

ISSN/ISBN 2000-8066
URL https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/20008198.2022.2066458
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Digital Object Identifier DOI 10.1080/20008198.2022.2066458
Document type (ISI) article
   

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