@article{binet_portrait_2021,

title = {A Portrait of Mental Health Services Utilization and Perceived Barriers to Care in Men and Women Evacuated During the 2016 Fort McMurray Wildfires},

author = {É. Binet and M. -C. Ouellet and J. Lebel and V. Békés and C. M. Morin and N. Bergeron and T. Campbell and S. Ghosh and S. Bouchard and S. Guay and F. P. MacMaster and G. Belleville},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85101819468&doi=10.1007%2fs10488-021-01114-w&partnerID=40&md5=4130f3aeaaf2d3894820e7fce46e67f0},

doi = {10.1007/s10488-021-01114-w},

issn = {0894587X (ISSN)},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

journal = {Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research},

volume = {48},

number = {6},

pages = {1006–1018},

abstract = {This study examines the influence of gender on mental health services utilization and on perceived barriers to treatment one year after the 2016 Fort McMurray wildfires. Data was collected through a phone survey from May to July 2017 (N = 1510). Participants were English-speaking evacuees aged 18 and older. Mental health services utilization and barriers to mental health care were assessed with the Perceived Need for Care questionnaire. Probable diagnoses of posttraumatic stress disorder, depression and insomnia were assessed with validated self-report questionnaires. Multiple logistic regressions confirmed that gender was a significant predictor of services utilization, after controlling for associated sociodemographic variables and presence of probable diagnoses. Women were respectively 1.50, 1.55 and 1.86 times more likely than men to receive information, medication and psychological help. Self-reliance was the most frequently reported reason for not receiving help, and motivational barriers, such as pessimism and stigma, were reported in a higher proportion than structural barriers, including nonresponse and finance. No significant gender differences were found in the types of perceived barriers to services. Among the Fort McMurray fire evacuees, mental health services utilization was similar to other studies on natural disaster victims, and higher in women than in men. Efforts to increase services utilization in natural disaster victims should focus on motivational barriers and offering treatments fostering people’s autonomy, such as online treatments. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Science+Business Media, LLC part of Springer Nature.},

note = {Publisher: Springer},

keywords = {Depression, female, Gender, health care delivery, Health Services Accessibility, human, Humans, insomnia, male, mental health service, Mental Health Services, Mental health services utilization, natural disaster, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, patient attitude, Post-Traumatic, posttraumatic stress disorder, Stress Disorders, wildfire, Wildfires},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{monthuy-blanc_factors_2013,

title = {Factors influencing mental health providers’ intention to use telepsychotherapy in First Nations communities},

author = {J. Monthuy-Blanc and S. Bouchard and C. Maïano and M. Séguin},

url = {https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-84878954346&doi=10.1177%2f1363461513487665&partnerID=40&md5=2701c381c18ce43b2b834d90094141b4},

doi = {10.1177/1363461513487665},

issn = {13634615 (ISSN)},

year  = {2013},

date = {2013-01-01},

journal = {Transcultural Psychiatry},

volume = {50},

number = {2},

pages = {323–343},

abstract = {Telemental health is the use of information and communications technologies and broadband networks to deliver mental health services and support wellness. Although numerous studies have demonstrated the efficiency and utility of telemental health, certain barriers may impede its implementation, including the attitudes of mental health service providers. The current study draws on the technology acceptance model (TAM) to understand the role of mental health service providers’ attitudes and perceptions of telemental health (psychotherapy delivered via videoconferencing) on their intention to use this technology with their patients. A sample of 205 broadly defined mental health service providers working on 32 First Nations reserves in the province of Quebec completed the questionnaire adapted to assess TAM for telepsychotherapy. Confirmatory factor analysis and structural equation modeling provided evidence for the factor validity and reliability of the TAM in this sample. The key predictor of the intention to use telepsychotherapy was not mental health providers’ attitude toward telepsychotherapy, nor how much they expected this service to be complicated to use, but essentially how useful they expect it to be for their First Nations patients. If telemental health via videoconferencing is to be implemented in First Nations communities, it is essential to thoroughly demonstrate its utility to mental health providers. Perceived usefulness will have a positive impact on attitudes toward this technology, and perceived ease of use will positively influence perceived usefulness. Cultural issues specific to the populations receiving telemental health services may be more efficiently addressed from the angle of perceived usefulness. © 2013, SAGE Publications. All rights reserved.},

keywords = {Aboriginal communities, adult, article, Attitude of Health Personnel, female, First Nations, health care personnel, health personnel attitude, human, Humans, Indians, Indigenous peoples, male, mental health service, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, North American, perception, psychotherapy, Quebec, questionnaire, reliability, structural equation modeling, technology acceptance model, Telemedicine, telepsychotherapy, validity, videoconference, videoconferencing, Young Adult},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}