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ERIC Number: EJ969273
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2012-Jan
Pages: 11
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0037-8046
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Help-Seeking Behaviors among Chinese Americans with Depressive Symptoms
Leung, Patrick; Cheung, Monit; Tsui, Venus
Social Work, v57 n1 p61-71 Jan 2012
An exploratory survey indicated that the depression prevalence among Chinese Americans is 17.4 percent. Of 516 respondents, 34.9 percent preferred seeking advice from friends or relatives, followed by 30.2 percent not showing any preference when facing a mental health problem. Logistic regression results pointed to three contributing factors: anxiety problems, acculturation concerns, and domestic violence. Learning from these factors, the authors conducted additional analyses to connect depressive symptoms with demographics to explain the underutilization of mental health services. Significant results showed that male Chinese Americans were more likely than female Chinese Americans to seek help from physicians but less likely to seek help from friends. Those who were not employed were more likely than those who were employed to think that a family problem would take care of itself or to seek help from herbalists, from physicians, or from friends. Implications for social work practice are discussed and address risk factors and multicultural considerations.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
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Language: English
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