Department of Social Work, Zefat Academic College, Zefat, Israel; Department of Community Mental Health, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
Takemi Program in International Health, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, United States of America.
Arch Psychiatr Nurs. 2024 Aug;51:127-132. doi: 10.1016/j.apnu.2024.06.001. Epub 2024 Jun 8.
This study attempted to identify the barriers to the utilization of mental health services among the Arab society in Israel, as perceived by professionals working with this population. Twenty-seven therapists from community mental health services participated in structured in-depth interviews with at least 5 years of experience. Five main types of barriers to the utilization of mental health services were discovered: barriers related to attitudes and perceptions regarding mental disorders and their treatment, low literacy in the field of mental health, exposure and stigma, family characteristics and cultural values, and instrumental barriers. Flexibility and sensitivity to the socio-cultural context of the target population while allocating resources to create equality in access to mental health care may increase the utilization of mental health services in a traditional society such as the Arab society in Israel.
本研究试图确定在以色列阿拉伯社会中，专业人士认为利用心理健康服务的障碍。27 名来自社区心理健康服务机构的治疗师参与了至少 5 年经验的结构化深入访谈。发现了五种利用心理健康服务的主要障碍类型：与对精神障碍及其治疗的态度和看法有关的障碍、心理健康知识水平低、暴露和耻辱感、家庭特征和文化价值观以及工具性障碍。在分配资源以实现心理健康保健机会均等时，针对目标人群的社会文化背景灵活调整并保持敏感性，可能会增加在像以色列阿拉伯社会这样的传统社会中利用心理健康服务的机会。
