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- MakaleYalnız künye2024Scopus SJRQ2Psychosocial Dimension of Substance Use Disorder
Ediz, Cicek; Uzun, Sevda; Erdas, Mehmed Burak
This study used a phenomenological research approach to investigate the experiences of individuals in an eastern Turkey city who initiated substance use during childhood. Fourteen participants were selected using criterion sampling and engaged in semistructured, in-depth interviews. The interviews were recorded and transcribed, and a thematic analysis was applied to the data. The study revealed 3 overarching categories (reasons leading to substance use, effects of substance addiction, and coping with addiction) and 9 subthemes (familial factors, environmental factors, traumatic experiences, personal factors, psychological effects, physical effects, social effects, perception of social support, and treatment process). (c) 2023 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
AtıfWoS2OpenAlex2İncele - MakaleAçık Erişim2024Scopus SJRQ2Role of culture and religious beliefs on non-medical help-seeking behavior among patients with chronic mental illnesses (CMIs) in Türkiye
Ediz, Cicek; Uzun, Sevda; Mohammadnezhad, Masoud; Erdas, Mehmed B.
Background:Cultural beliefs significantly shape societal attitudes toward mental illness, and these social attitudes profoundly impact help-seeking behaviors. Therefore, it is important to focus on understanding and addressing these social behaviors.Aim:This study aimed to evaluate the effect of chronic mental illness interpretations based on culture and religious beliefs on non-medical help-seeking behaviors among patients in T & uuml;rkiye.Methods:The study was conducted from September to October 2023 using an inductive qualitative approach. In-depth face-to-face interviews were carried out with individuals diagnosed with chronic mental illness and their relatives, registered in a state-owned Community Mental Health Center (CMHC) in T & uuml;rkiye. Using purposive sampling, 13 individuals who met the criteria were interviewed. Thematic analysis was used to identify themes.Results:Three main themes and eight sub-themes were identified, including the reasons for seeking non-medical help (psychological challenges, subjective norms, physical requirements), factors contributing to seeking non-medical help (predisposing factors, enabling factors, and myths), and reflections on the benefits of non-medical practices (perceived physical benefits, perceived psychological benefits).Conclusions:It was concluded that individuals with chronic mental illness and their relatives living in the Eastern Anatolia Region of T & uuml;rkiye engaged in non-medical help-seeking behaviors and mostly turned to traditional religious practices. Culture and religious beliefs emerged as primary factors leading patients to seek non-medical treatment approaches. Consequently, there is a perceived need to explore non-medical alternative methods across various mental health settings and with diverse samples in future research endeavors.
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