Awareness and use of support services following mass violence incidents

IF 3.7 2区 医学 Q1 PSYCHIATRY
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Mass violence incidents (MVIs) result in significant psychological distress for survivors and the broader community. Support services (mental health services, support groups, religious support) can buffer negative effects of MVIs and facilitate recovery. However, the extent to which community members are aware of and use support services post-MVIs is unknown. A probability sample of 5991 adults (Mean age = 45.6, SD = 17.6), mostly female (53%) and White (71%), were recruited from six communities that had experienced an MVI. Participants answered questions on their awareness and use of support services after the MVI and completed measures assessing predisposing, enabling, and need factors that may influence service use. Approximately 20% of participants reported they were aware of mental health services, 20% reported awareness of support groups, and 16% reported awareness of religious support. Younger participants with higher income (predisposing factors), high social support (enabling factor), and direct MVI exposure and psychological distress (need factors) were more likely to report awareness of support services. Of those aware of services, approximately 21% reported using support services. Those with direct MVI exposure and psychological distress were more likely to use each type of service. Otherwise, use of mental health services, support groups, and religious support varied across predisposing factors (race, age, income). Overall, findings suggest there is limited awareness of support services post-MVI, despite the well-documented mental health burden after these incidents. This suggests the need for improved communication about available services after MVIs.
在大规模暴力事件发生后对支持服务的认识和使用。
大规模暴力事件(MVIs)会给幸存者和更广泛的社区带来巨大的心理压力。支持服务(心理健康服务、支持团体、宗教支持)可以缓冲大规模暴力事件的负面影响并促进恢复。然而,社区成员在发生母婴暴力事件后对支持服务的了解和使用程度尚不清楚。我们从经历过暴力侵害儿童事件的 6 个社区招募了 5 991 名成年人(平均年龄 = 45.6,标准差 = 17.6)作为概率样本,其中大部分为女性(53%)和白人(71%)。参与者回答了有关他们在母婴传播后对支持服务的认识和使用情况的问题,并完成了可能影响服务使用的倾向性因素、有利因素和需求因素的评估措施。约 20% 的参与者表示他们了解心理健康服务,20% 表示了解支持团体,16% 表示了解宗教支持。收入较高(诱发因素)、社会支持较多(促成因素)、直接接触过乳糜泻和心理困扰(需求因素)的年轻参与者更有可能报告他们了解支持服务。在了解支持服务的参与者中,约有 21% 表示使用了支持服务。那些直接暴露于暴力侵害和心理困扰的人更有可能使用每种类型的服务。此外,不同的易感因素(种族、年龄、收入)对心理健康服务、支持小组和宗教支持的使用情况也不尽相同。总之,研究结果表明,尽管这些事件发生后的心理健康负担得到了充分的证实,但人们对这些事件发生后的支持服务的认识却很有限。这表明,有必要改善有关暴力侵害事件后可用服务的沟通。
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Journal of psychiatric research
Journal of psychiatric research 医学-精神病学
CiteScore
7.30
自引率
2.10%
发文量
622
审稿时长
130 days
期刊介绍: Founded in 1961 to report on the latest work in psychiatry and cognate disciplines, the Journal of Psychiatric Research is dedicated to innovative and timely studies of four important areas of research: (1) clinical studies of all disciplines relating to psychiatric illness, as well as normal human behaviour, including biochemical, physiological, genetic, environmental, social, psychological and epidemiological factors; (2) basic studies pertaining to psychiatry in such fields as neuropsychopharmacology, neuroendocrinology, electrophysiology, genetics, experimental psychology and epidemiology; (3) the growing application of clinical laboratory techniques in psychiatry, including imagery and spectroscopy of the brain, molecular biology and computer sciences;
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