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背景:移民会给人带来压力,也有可能会提高在海外居住的中国人的精神疾病患病率。文化习俗和服务的缺乏也许会阻碍他们寻求所需的精神卫生服务。目的:评估新西兰的医疗人员关于来自中国大陆的移民对精神卫生服务的使用状况的观点。方法:本定性研究在新西兰克赖斯特彻奇完成。研究者深入访谈了9名有服务中国客户经验的精神卫生专业人员,并把访谈内容进行笔录以及主题分析。结果:访谈内容中出现了四个主题:(1)中国移民的特殊心理问题;(2)移民中最容易出现心理问题的人群;(3)妨碍获得服务的因素;(4)社会支持网络对中国移民的心理健康的重要性。结论:通过对高收入国家中为日益增长的中国大陆移民提供心理健康服务的医疗人员的定性研究,可以找出需要提高对文化的敏感度的地方,以此来增加中国移民对精神卫生服务的利用,提高服务的效率。
Background: Immigrants can put pressure on people and may also increase the prevalence of mental illness in Chinese living overseas. Lack of cultural practices and services may hinder them from seeking the mental health services they need. Purpose: To assess the views of medical staff in New Zealand on the use of mental health services by immigrants from Mainland China. METHODS: This qualitative study was completed in Christchurch, New Zealand. The researchers interviewed nine in-depth mental health professionals who had experience serving Chinese customers and recorded the interview and thematic analysis. Results: There were four main topics in the interview: (1) special psychological problems of Chinese immigrants; (2) most likely immigrants to have psychological problems; (3) factors that hindered access to services; (4) social support networks The Importance of Chinese Immigrants’ Mental Health. CONCLUSIONS: Qualitative studies of health-care providers in the high-income countries that provide mental health services to the growing Chinese immigrants can identify areas where cultural sensitivities need to be increased in order to increase the contribution of Chinese immigrants to mental health services Utilize and improve service efficiency.