Mental Health Care Utilization: How Race, Ethnicity and Veteran Status are Associated with Seeking Help

Autor: Susan M. De Luca, John R. Blosnich, Sally Amen, Erika King, Elizabeth A. W. Hentschel
Rok vydání: 2015
Předmět:
Adult
Male
Gerontology
medicine.medical_specialty
Race ethnicity
Health (social science)
Community Mental Health Centers
Social Stigma
Ethnic group
Alternative medicine
White People
Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System
Young Adult
03 medical and health sciences
0302 clinical medicine
Health care
Ethnicity
medicine
Humans
030212 general & internal medicine
health care economics and organizations
Aged
Veterans
business.industry
Mental Disorders
Public Health
Environmental and Occupational Health
Social Support
Hispanic or Latino
Middle Aged
Patient Acceptance of Health Care
Mental illness
medicine.disease
Texas
Mental health
United States
humanities
030227 psychiatry
Black or African American
United States Department of Veterans Affairs
Psychiatry and Mental health
Logistic Models
Mental health care
Female
business
Zdroj: Community Mental Health Journal. 52:174-179
ISSN: 1573-2789
0010-3853
DOI: 10.1007/s10597-015-9964-3
Popis: As veterans disproportionately experience higher rates of mental illness than civilians, conflicting results surround the impact of race/ethnicity on treatment utilization. This study utilized the CDC's Texas Behavioral Risk Factor Surveillance System data, a random-digit dialed telephone survey of non-institutionalized adults. A subset of Texas respondents (n = 8563) were asked questions related to mental health treatment, stigma, help-seeking attitudes and emotional support. While no differences were found in health care utilization between non-Hispanic white veterans and non-veterans, there were distinct patterns among racial/ethnic minority veterans and non-veterans. Black and Latino non-veterans reported significantly lower health care utilization compared to non-Hispanic white non-veterans. Among veterans, there were no differences in reported utilization rates comparing non-Hispanic whites and Latinos and also non-Hispanic whites and Blacks. Our study adds to the literature by examining health care utilization among a diverse group of veterans by focusing on Veterans Administration (VA) and non-VA services to veterans.
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