Barriers to Mental Health in the South Asian Community

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cityu.schoolSchool of Health and Social Sciences
cityu.siteVancouver, BC
cityu.site.countryCanada
dc.contributor.authorSingh, Balraj
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-11T00:23:23Z
dc.date.available2021-12-11T00:23:23Z
dc.date.issued2021-11-01
dc.description.abstractThe continued advocacy for seeking out mental health support has been increasing over the last number of years. However, much research pertaining to mental health does not account for ethnic minorities. Belonging to the South Asian population, the Punjabi community originates from Punjabi, India. This state of Punjab is known for its agriculture and vast lands but is also recognized by high suicide rates among the population. As years progressed, member of the community traveled across the world to find a place where they can live a happy life. The increased stressed that come with acculturation and lack of cultural awareness leads to increased mental health illnesses among the community. The purpose of this qualitative study was to explore and understand the help seeking behaviour in South Asian immigrants, provide an in-depth analysis on the influences that cause barriers to seeking help, contribute to the pre existing literature pertaining to help seeking in South Asian population and provide mental health professionals with an increased resource and knowledge base that is culturally sensitive and will allow a more progressive method of providing culturally diverse clients, adequate care. The study examined previous literature pertaining to barriers in help seeking and concluded that the factors causing the formation of 'barriers' in help seeking behaviours among South Asian immigrants includes colonial impacts, cultural differences, environmental impacts, and lack of education on mental health.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11803/1605
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisher.institutionCity University of Seattle (CityU)
dc.subjectmental health
dc.subjectSouth Asian
dc.subjectPunjabi
dc.subjectbarriers
dc.subjecthelp-seeking
dc.subjectcultural differences
dc.titleBarriers to Mental Health in the South Asian Community
dc.typeCapstone
thesis.degree.disciplineCounseling
thesis.degree.grantorCity University of Seattle (CityU)
thesis.degree.levelMasters
thesis.degree.nameMaster of Counselling
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