Children's Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, #2431-515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B5K3, Canada.
Transcult Psychiatry. 2009 Dec;46(4):623-41. doi: 10.1177/1363461509351374.
Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey Cycle 1.1 showed that Chinese immigrants to Canada and Chinese individuals born in Canada were less likely than other Canadians to have contacted a health professional for mental health reasons in the previous year in the province of British Columbia. The difference persisted among individuals at moderate to high risk for depressive episode. Both immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese showed similar characteristics of mental health service use. The demographic and health factors that significantly affected their likelihood to consult mental health services included Chinese language ability, restriction in daily activities, frequency of medical consultations, and depression score. Notwithstanding lower levels of mental illness in ethnic Chinese communities, culture emerged as a major factor explaining differences in mental health consultation between Chinese and non-Chinese Canadians.
来自加拿大社区健康调查周期 1.1 的数据显示，与其他加拿大人相比，在不列颠哥伦比亚省，新移民到加拿大的华人以及在加拿大出生的华人因心理健康问题而在过去一年中联系过健康专业人员的可能性较小。在有中度至高度抑郁发作风险的个体中，这种差异仍然存在。新移民和在加拿大出生的华人在心理健康服务使用方面表现出相似的特征。显著影响他们咨询心理健康服务可能性的人口统计学和健康因素包括中文语言能力、日常活动受限、就诊频率和抑郁评分。尽管华人社区的精神疾病水平较低，但文化仍然是解释华人与非华人加拿大在心理健康咨询方面差异的一个主要因素。
