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dc.contributor.authorKour, Prabhjot
dc.contributor.authorLien, Lars
dc.contributor.authorKumar, Bernadette
dc.contributor.authorNordaunet, Ole Martin
dc.contributor.authorBiong, Stian
dc.contributor.authorPettersen, Henning
dc.date.accessioned2021-11-01T14:24:23Z
dc.date.available2021-11-01T14:24:23Z
dc.date.created2021-07-27T12:56:41Z
dc.date.issued2021
dc.identifier.citationSubstance Abuse: Research and Treatment. 2021, 15 1-11.en_US
dc.identifier.issn1178-2218
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/2826992
dc.description.abstractAbstract Immigrants face barriers in seeking and accessing mental health and addiction services. Health professionals are crucial in providing and promoting healthcare and it is important to understand their experiences in order to enhance the access of mental healthcare. The aim of this paper is to explore and describe health professionals’ experiences with treatment engagement among immigrants with co-occurring substance use disorders (SUD) and mental health disorders (MHD) in Norwegian mental health and addiction services. Within a collaborative approach, 3 focus group interviews were conducted with health professionals, who had provided various mental health and addiction care services to immigrants with co-occurring SUD and MHD. The focus group interviews were transcribed verbatim and analyzed using systematic text condensation. The analysis resulted in 5 main categories: (1) difficulties due to language barriers, (2) difficulties due to lack of culturally competent services, (3) difficulties due to social factors, (4) being curious and flexible improves the user-provider relationship, and (5) increasing access to mental health and addiction services. This study provides an enhanced understanding of how health professionals’ experienced treatment engagement among immigrants with co-occurring SUD and MHD in the Norwegian context. Implications of the findings for clinical practice and future research are discussed. Keywords Co-occurring substance use and mental health disorders, immigrants, health professionals, mental health and addiction services, qualitative methods, lived experiences, Norway. © The Author(s) 2021 This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) which permits any use, reproduction and distribution of the work without further permission provided the original work is attributed as specified on the SAGE and Open Access pages (https://us.sagepub.com/en-us/nam/open-access-at-sage).
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/11782218211028667
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.titleHealth Professionals’ Experiences with Treatment Engagement Among Immigrants with Co-occurring Substance Use- and Mental Health Disorders in Norwayen_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.source.pagenumber1-11en_US
dc.source.volume15en_US
dc.source.journalSubstance Abuse: Research and Treatmenten_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/11782218211028667
dc.identifier.cristin1922774
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