Immigrant mental health, a public health issue: Looking back and moving forward

U George, MS Thomson, F Chaze… - International journal of …, 2015 - mdpi.com
The Mental Health Commission of Canada's (MHCC) strategy calls for promoting the health
and wellbeing of all Canadians and to improve mental health outcomes. Each year, one in …

The influence of religiosity and spirituality on health in Canada: A systematic literature review

M Litalien, DO Atari, I Obasi - Journal of Religion and Health, 2022 - Springer
The association between religion and health has been the subject of growing interest in
academia. However, limited reviews of such studies in Canada exist. The paper …

Acculturation and enculturation as predictors of psychological help-seeking attitudes (HSAs) among racial and ethnic minorities: A meta-analytic investigation.

S Sun, WT Hoyt, D Brockberg, J Lam… - Journal of counseling …, 2016 - psycnet.apa.org
Psychological services are culturally encapsulated for dominant cultural groups, and racial
minorities underutilize treatment even though they suffer from more severe psychological …

Barriers to healthcare among Asian Americans

W Kim, RH Keefe - Social Work in Public Health, 2010 - Taylor & Francis
The myth of the well-adjusted Asian American resulted from sample-biased research studies
that concluded that Asian Americans are physically healthier and financially better off than …

Attitudes toward professional counseling among Asian-American college students: Acculturation, conceptions of mental illness, and loss of face.

FTL Leong, HHW Kim, A Gupta - Asian American Journal of …, 2011 - psycnet.apa.org
The present study attempted to examine the influence of culture-bound barriers such as
acculturation status, loss of face, and conception of mental health on the attitudes of Asian …

Migration traumatic experiences and refugee distress: Implications for social work practice

M George - Clinical Social Work Journal, 2012 - Springer
Each step of the refugee migratory journey has its own unique characteristics and mental
health consequences, which require much attention from social work service providers. In an …

Reviewing acculturation and Asian Americans: How acculturation affects health, adjustment, school achievement, and counseling.

RM Suinn - Asian American Journal of Psychology, 2010 - psycnet.apa.org
The minority population in the United States is larger than the total population of all but 11
countries with Asian Americans comprising the third largest group. This review will be a …

Attitude toward seeking professional psychological help among community-dwelling population in China

P Chen, XJ Liu, XQ Wang, BX Yang, J Ruan… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Objective To explore the attitudes and factors in seeking professional psychological help
among a Chinese community-dwelling population in order to promote positive help-seeking …

Systemic and individual factors that shape mental health service usage among visible minority immigrants and refugees in Canada: A scoping review

Z Salam, O Odenigbo, B Newbold, O Wahoush… - … and Policy in Mental …, 2022 - Springer
There exists considerable research which reports that mental health disparities persist
among visible minority immigrants and refugees within Canada. Accessing mental health …

Toward a culturally responsive model of mental health literacy: Facilitating help‐seeking among East Asian immigrants to North America

S Na, AG Ryder, LJ Kirmayer - American Journal of Community …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Studies have consistently found that East Asian immigrants in North America are less likely
to use mental health services even when they experience levels of distress comparable to …