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8. Mai 2023
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New Publication
A new publication in the Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology under the lead of Pascal Schlechter (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) with Dr. Jens H. Hellmann´s (IKG) participation.
"Due to several reasons, there is a critical underuse of psychotherapeutic help in refugees from countries like Syria as compared to German residents. The reasons include structural hurdles because of the health system and therapists’ readiness to do psychotherapy with refugees. Crucially, on average, refugees also hold more negative attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help.
In the study reported in this new publication, we have thus explored an intervention to improve these attitudes in Syrian refugees in Germany by providing ostensible interviews with (ostensible) patients who report the benefits of psychotherapy. Compared to non-intervention groups, Syrian refugees (but not German residents) who had received such information reported more positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and lower levels of denial of the need for psychological help".
Here for the open access article.
"Due to several reasons, there is a critical underuse of psychotherapeutic help in refugees from countries like Syria as compared to German residents. The reasons include structural hurdles because of the health system and therapists’ readiness to do psychotherapy with refugees. Crucially, on average, refugees also hold more negative attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help.
In the study reported in this new publication, we have thus explored an intervention to improve these attitudes in Syrian refugees in Germany by providing ostensible interviews with (ostensible) patients who report the benefits of psychotherapy. Compared to non-intervention groups, Syrian refugees (but not German residents) who had received such information reported more positive attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help and lower levels of denial of the need for psychological help".
Here for the open access article.