Factors related to help-seeking attitudes about professional mental health services among Jamaican immigrants

Cordelle B. Yorke; Dexter R. Voisin; Donna Baptiste

doi:10.1177/0020872813508573

Factors related to help-seeking attitudes about professional mental health services among Jamaican immigrants

Cordelle B. Yorke, Dexter R. Voisin^*, Donna Baptiste

^*Corresponding author for this work

The Family Institute at Northwestern University

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Abstract

Using survey data collected from 115 first-generation Jamaican immigrants residing in New York City, this study identified factors that were associated with their attitudes toward seeking professional mental health services. Results indicated that persons reporting psychological distress, negative stigma and attributions about mental illness, and positive social support from friends were less likely than their counterparts to report positive attitudes towards professional mental health services. Implications of the study are discussed in relation to these findings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	293-304
Number of pages	12
Journal	International Social Work
Volume	59
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1177/0020872813508573
State	Published - Mar 1 2016

Keywords

Jamaican immigrants
mental health service attitudes
psychological distress
social supports
stigma

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Social Sciences (miscellaneous)

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