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Factors Associated with Mental Health Utilization Among Minorities Following the Second Lebanon War in Israel

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The purpose of the study was to examine the association between demographics, war-related factors, and psychosocial factors with mental health utilization among minorities in Israel. One thousand and sixty-eight participants filled a battery of self report questionnaires asking about demographics, psychosocial factors and war-related experience during the second Lebanon war, along with measurements of psychiatric symptoms. Logistic regression analyses revealed that injury of a relative during the war increased the probability to utilize mental health services (odds ratio, 3.854; 95% CI, 2.827–5.253). Our results support the importance of psychological first-aid to family members with relatives who were injured during war.

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  1. Department of Gerontology, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel

    Yuval Palgi

  2. Department of Psychology and Education, The Open University, Raanana, Israel

    Rani Yehia

  3. School of Social Work, Ariel University Center of Samaria, Ariel, 40700, Israel

    Menachem Ben-Ezra

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Palgi, Y., Yehia, R. & Ben-Ezra, M. Factors Associated with Mental Health Utilization Among Minorities Following the Second Lebanon War in Israel. Psychiatr Q 82, 297–302 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-011-9171-5

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