ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2021
Willingness to Use Mental Health Services for Depression Among African Immigrants and White Canadian-Born People in the Province of Quebec, Canada.
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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.
- Barriers to Accessing Mental Health Services That Impact Black Canadians: A Scoping Review and Thematic Analysis.Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities · 2026Article
- Integrated mental health for refugees: A realist theory building study.PLOS mental health · 2026Article
- Non-clinical Psychosocial Mental Health Support Programmes for People with Diverse Language and Cultural Backgrounds: A Critical Rapid Review.Culture, medicine and psychiatry · 2025Review
- Psychological Distress Among US-Born and Non-US-Born Black or African American Adults in the US.JAMA network open · 2025Article
- Exploring vaccination attitudes in African communities in Canada: A mixed-methods study protocol.PloS one · 2025Article
- Why are African immigrants in Montreal reluctant to use mental health services?: a systematic inventory of reasons.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2024Article
- Using an intersectionality-based approach to evaluate mental health services use among gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver.Epidemiology and psychiatric sciences · 2024Article
- Predictors of Professional Help-Seeking Intention Toward Depression Among Community-Dwelling Populations: A Structural Equation Modeling Analysis.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2022Article
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Abstract
Studies suggest that non-Caucasian immigrants to Canada are less likely than Canadian-born people to use mental health services. To meet the mental health needs of ethnocultural minorities, insights into their help-seeking attitudes are of great concern. This study examined the willingness of African immigrants and White Canadian-born to seek care for depression from conventional mental health services. African immigrants (N = 262) and White Canadian-born people (N = 250) living in Montreal, Canada, indicated their willingness to use mental health services under different conditions varying as a function of four factors: the severity of symptoms, the waiting time for first consultation, the type of care offered in the mental health service, and whether informal sources of help were available. Seven qualitatively different positions were identified: Never Consult (18% of the African immigrants and 1% of the White Canadian-born people); Hesitant (18% of the African immigrants and 7% of the White Canadian-born people); Depends on Waiting Time (16% of the African immigrants); Depends on Waiting Time and Symptoms (22% of the African immigrants); Depends on Symptoms (36% of the White Canadian-born people and 6% of the African immigrants); Willing to consult (33% of the White Canadian-born people and 2% of the African immigrants); Certain to Consult (9% of the White Canadian-born people and 4% of the African immigrants), while 14% of participants in each group did not express any position. African immigrants were more likely to underuse mental health services, compared with White Canadian-born people. The above diversity of positions strongly suggests that the design and implementation of interventions to reduce disparities in African immigrants' use of mental health care must not be "one size fits all" but must be tailored to address these immigrants' differing attitudes and needs.
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