A Mixed-Methods Investigation of Barriers and Facilitators to Mental Health Service Utilisation amongst Sri Lankan Australians

This research project is the first comprehensive investigation of Sri Lankan Australians' mental health literacy, stigma beliefs, and facilitators to mental health service engagement; and helped provide insights into factors that may be resulting in Sri Lankan-born Australians having one of the lowest mental health service access rates compared to the Australian-born population. This project found that improving access requires a multi-faceted, culturally responsive approach. This project generated clinical implications, service recommendations, and a provisional framework that could be used to directly translate findings into a community intervention, that is likely to benefit community members and health professionals alike.