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Autor/inn/en | Zhang, Saijun; Cain, Daphne S.; Liao, Minli |
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Titel | Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Decision Points of Mental Health Service Use and Psychotropic Medication Receipt among Depressed Youth |
Quelle | In: Youth & Society, 53 (2021) 4, S.610-635 (26 Seiten)
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Zusatzinformation | ORCID (Zhang, Saijun) |
Sprache | englisch |
Dokumenttyp | gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz |
ISSN | 0044-118X |
DOI | 10.1177/0044118X19871853 |
Schlagwörter | Mental Health; Health Services; Help Seeking; Drug Therapy; Racial Differences; Ethnicity; Databases; Depression (Psychology); Incidence; Policy Formation; Minority Groups; Whites; Multiracial Persons; Decision Making; Adolescents; Measures (Individuals) Psychohygiene; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Rassenunterschied; Ethnizität; Datenbank; Vorkommen; Politische Betätigung; Ethnische Minderheit; White; Weißer; Mischling; Decision-making; Entscheidungsfindung; Adolescent; Adolescence; Adoleszenz; Jugend; Jugendalter; Jugendlicher; Messdaten |
Abstract | Depression has been increasing rapidly and is prevalent among youth. Inadequate mental health service utilization for youth and relevant racial/ethnic disparities are a growing concern. The current study used a nationally representative database to examine racial/ethnic disparities in youth depression prevalence, mental health services utilization, and psychotropic medication receipt. The sequential examination shows that depressed minority youth (22%-30%) were not only much less likely to use specialty mental health services than depressed Caucasian and multiracial youth (40%-43%, p < 0.001), they were also much less likely to receive psychotropic medications (22%-30%) than their Caucasian and multiracial counterparts (38%-44%, p = 0.048 to <0.001) when using specialty mental health services. The findings reveal possibly two levels of racial/ethnic disparities at the decision points of accessing specialty mental health services and subsequent treatment methods choice. Implications for mental health policies and practices are also discussed. (As Provided). |
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Erfasst von | ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC |
Update | 2024/1/01 |