The Effect of Global Mental Health Literacy on Multidimensional Treatment Outcome Measures: A Cross-sectional Quantitative Survey Study among Lebanese Adult Service Users in Lebanon

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dc.contributor.authorKazazian, Bedros Sarkis
dc.date.accessioned2024-07-03T08:27:44Z
dc.date.available2024-07-03T08:27:44Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.description.abstractIt has been estimated that around 25% of the Lebanese population meet the criteria for at least one mental health condition and only 15% seek treatment. Barriers to treatment can include lack of availability, accessibility and affordability of treatment. In Lebanon, even when such factors are account for, studies have shown that the most cited barrier to care is the lack of perceived need for treatment – a key indicator of low Mental Health Literacy (MHL). Delays in help-seeking can lead to a number of adverse outcomes including deterioration in the quality of life and poorer treatment outcomes. Furthermore, among those who sought help in Lebanon, 13% reported that dissatisfaction with previous services was the main reason for not seeking help. Given inadequate quality assurance mechanisms for Psychotherapy, a shortage of evidence-based practitioners, and distrust in the quality of mental health services service users could be at risk of experiencing adverse treatment outcomes. Studies linking MHL to treatment outcomes have not yet been conducted in Lebanon, despite that studies on MHL globally have shown that a higher MHL has been associated with better identification of mental health conditions, more positive attitudes towards service use, more effective help-seeking behaviors, improved mental health service utilization, better mental health treatment outcomes, and higher overall wellbeing. The purpose of this study was to examine whether a higher MHL predicted better service user-centered treatment outcome measures and lower perceptions of adverse outcomes in a sample of 97 Lebanese adult service users. A single-stage cross-sectional quantitative survey design methodology was used with purposive and convenience sampling procedures to obtain data, and data was analyzed using single and multiple regression analyses. The results revealed mental health literacy was found to be a significant positive predictor of treatment outcomes. Furthermore, help-seeking was the strongest positive predictor of wanted effects from psychotherapy and it also was a significant negative predictor of malpractice and unethical conduct. The results, however, showed that self-help was not a significant predictor of wanted effects and side-effects resulting from Psychotherapy. Interestingly, erroneous beliefs/stereotypes were found to be the lowest positive predictor of positive effects but were not found to be a significant predictor of side-effects. These results have strong implications for public health officials, mental health professionals, policy makers, researchers, service users, and on improving mental health service provision and organization in Lebanon.
dc.identifier.citationKazazian, B. S. (2021). The Effect of Global Mental Health Literacy on Multidimensional Treatment Outcome Measures: A Cross-sectional Quantitative Survey Study among Lebanese Adult Service Users in Lebanon (SBS thesis, Haigazian University)
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.62811/th.0231
dc.identifier.urihttps://haigrepository.haigazian.edu.lb/handle/123456789/276
dc.titleThe Effect of Global Mental Health Literacy on Multidimensional Treatment Outcome Measures: A Cross-sectional Quantitative Survey Study among Lebanese Adult Service Users in Lebanon
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