Australia is an ethnically diverse nation with one of the largest refugee resettlement programs worldwide, including high numbers of refugees with an Arabic speaking background. Evidence suggests that refugees can demonstrate high levels of psychological distress and are at a higher risk of developing mental illness such as posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and major depressive disorder (MDD). Notwithstanding, research has also shown Arabic speaking refugees have lower levels of professional help-seeking behaviours, postulated to be related to mental health literacy levels. A culturally sensitive mental health literacy (MHL) training program was developed and delivered in Arabic to Arabic speaking religious and community leaders using a 1-day training workshop format. An uncontrolled pre-, and post study design was used to provide a preliminary evaluation of improvement in PTSD-related knowledge, attitudes and help-seeking measures. A total of 54 adults were trained, with 52 completing the pre- and post-intervention questionnaire. Significant differences were found post-training in measures such as the ability to recognise mental health problems (p = 0.035) and an increased recognition of the role that medication can play in the treatment of PTSD (p = 0.00). Further, an improvement in negative attitudes such as a desire for social distance (p = 0.042) was noted and participants reported more helpful strategies in line with promoting professional help-seeking following training (p = 0.032). Our findings indicated the training led to an improvement of some measures of MHL. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that the MHL program has been tailored for Arabic speaking religious and community leaders; who assist refugees with an Arabic background. By equipping community leaders with the knowledge to better respond to mental health problems, the overall goal of improving the mental health outcomes of Arabic speaking refugee communities is closer to being realised.

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对澳大利亚讲阿拉伯语的宗教和社区领袖的心理健康素养课程的评估：对创伤后应激障碍相关知识、态度和寻求帮助的影响。

澳大利亚是一个种族多元化的国家，拥有全球最大的难民安置计划之一，其中包括大量具有阿拉伯语背景的难民。有证据表明，难民可能表现出高度的心理困扰，并且患精神疾病的风险更高，例如创伤后应激障碍 (PTSD) 和重度抑郁症 (MDD)。尽管如此，研究还表明说阿拉伯语的难民寻求专业帮助的行为水平较低，推测与心理健康素养水平有关。开发了一个具有文化敏感性的心理健康素养 (MHL) 培训计划，并采用为期 1 天的培训研讨会形式，以阿拉伯语向讲阿拉伯语的宗教和社区领袖提供。一个不受控制的预，研究后设计用于对创伤后应激障碍相关知识、态度和寻求帮助措施的改进进行初步评估。共有 54 名成年人接受了培训，其中 52 人完成了干预前后的问卷调查。在诸如识别心理健康问题的能力 (p = 0.035) 和对药物在治疗 PTSD 中发挥的作用的认识增加 (p = 0.00) 等方面的训练后发现显着差异。此外，人们注意到消极态度有所改善，例如对社交距离的渴望（p = 0.042），并且参与者报告了更多有用的策略，以促进培​​训后的专业寻求帮助（p = 0.032）。我们的研究结果表明，培训导致 MHL 的一些措施得到改善。据我们所知，这是 MHL 计划首次为讲阿拉伯语的宗教和社区领袖量身定制；帮助有阿拉伯背景的难民。通过为社区领袖提供更好地应对心理健康问题的知识，改善阿拉伯语难民社区心理健康结果的总体目标更接近实现。