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KMID : 0614420120400040319
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Mental Health & Social Work
2012 Volume.40 No. 4 p.319 ~ p.348
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Experiences of mental health programs provided at multicultural service agencies
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Lee Sun-Hae
Kim Eun-Jae
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Abstract
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The purpose of the study was to illustrate the experiences of the use of mental health services at multicultural service agencies from the perspective of marriage-immigrant women and to explore the nature and limitations of the programs. Twelve women who had immigrated for marriage and are working as a translator were interviewed, and data on their experiences of participating in such programs as a user and provider were collected and analyzed. The results revealed 9 topics and 36 themes in three areas: Perspective, structure, and quality of program. Participants` experiences as a user and their observations as a provider suggested implications for conceptualization of mental health and intervention, program structuring according to the life situations of immigrants, and depth of program. Also suggested was the need for adopting a post modern para digm to multicultrual mental health programs in a more assertive manner.
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KEYWORD
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marriage immigrant women, mental health, counseling, psychological therapy, postmodernism, thematic analysis
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