Intergenerational and cross-cultural differences in emotional wellbeing, mental health service utilisation, treatment-seeking preferences and acceptability of psychological treatments for Arab Australians

International Journal of Social Psychiatry

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 484-491

  Kayrouz, Rony ^a   Dear, Blake F ^a   Johnston, Luke ^a   Keyrouz, Liliane ^b   Nehme, Edmond ^b   Laube, Roy ^c   Titov, Nickolai ^a  

^a MACQUARIE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Quest for Excellence   (Australia)

^c Transcultural Mental Health Centre   (Australia)

Author keywords

Arab Australians; Barriers, help seeking preferences; Cross cultural; Intergenerational; Internet delivered treatments; Mental health service utilization; Psychological distress

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARAB; AUSTRALIA; CULTURAL FACTOR; EMOTION; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MENTAL STRESS; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ATTITUDE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOCIAL STIGMA; THERAPY; UTILIZATION; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARABS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; EMOTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; INTERNET; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT ACCEPTANCE OF HEALTH CARE; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SOCIAL STIGMA; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84937890463     PISSN: 00207640     EISSN: 17412854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0020764014553004     Document Type: Article

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