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Improving mental health knowledge of the Charedi Orthodox Jewish Community in North London: A partnership project

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  • Aradhana Perry
  • Chelsea Gardener
  • Jonathan Dove
  • Yocheved Eiger
  • Kate Loewenthal

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Introduction: This article describes a successful community-based partnership project between statutory and third-sector services targeting the strictly Orthodox Jewish community (OJC). Methods: The City and Hackney Black and Minority Ethnic (BME) Access Service (East London NHS Foundation Trust (ELFT)) collaborated with Bikur Cholim, a local third-sector organisation based in the heart of a north London Charedi OJC, to develop a brief culturally tailored psychoeducational group intervention focusing on mental health promotion and prevention. In total, 34 carers in the Charedi OJC were provided with general information on mental health, the availability of support services and self-care. Results: Overall improvements in well-being, increased intentions to access services, particularly talking therapies, and qualitative feedback indicated that the group was very well received. Conclusion: The project endorses the value of culturally relevant psychoeducation, enabling suggestions for culturally appropriate service development.

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  • Aradhana Perry & Chelsea Gardener & Jonathan Dove & Yocheved Eiger & Kate Loewenthal, 2018. "Improving mental health knowledge of the Charedi Orthodox Jewish Community in North London: A partnership project," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 64(3), pages 235-247, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:64:y:2018:i:3:p:235-247
    DOI: 10.1177/0020764018756935
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    1. Kate Miriam Loewenthal & Marian Brooke Rogers, 2004. "Culture-Sensitive Counselling, Psychotherapy and Support Groups in the Orthodox-Jewish Community: How they Work and How they are Experienced," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 50(3), pages 227-240, September.
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