Anisa Yaser|Shameran Slewa?Younan|Caroline Smith|Rebecca E. Olson|Maria Gabriela Uribe Guajardo|Jonathan Mond
Beliefs and knowledge about post-traumatic stress disorder amongst resettled Afghan refugees in Australia
Western Sydney University|Western Sydney University|Western Sydney University|University of Queensland|Western Sydney University|Macquarie University
resettled refugees high risk traumarelated mental health problems yet low uptake mental health care population evidence suggests poor mental health literacy mhl may major factor influencing helpseeking behaviour among individuals mental health problems study sought examine mhl resettled afghan refugees adelaide south australia interviews completed 150 74 males mean age 328 years sd 122 resettled afghan refugees living adelaide south australia convenience sampling method employed participants comprised volunteers afghan community residing northern suburbs adelaide following informed consent participants presented culturally appropriate vignette describing fictional person suffering posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd followed series questions addressing participants knowledge understanding nature treatment problem described selfreport measures ptsd symptoms comorbid psychopathology also administered thirtyone per cent respondents identified problem depicted vignette ptsd 26 per cent believed main problem fear eighteen per cent participants believed getting morefinding new hobbies would helpful form treatment problem described followed improving diet getting exercise 16 results study demonstrate aspects mhl appear specific afghan refugees resettled australia indicate need health promotion early intervention programs mental health services recognise variation mhl may function cultural origin refugee population resettlement country recognition needed order bridge gap western biomedical models mental health care knowledge beliefs resettled refugee populations