Mental Health Service Utilization by African Americans and Whites

Cooper-Patrick, Lisa; Gallo, Joseph J.; Powe, Neil R.; Steinwachs, Donald M.; Eaton, William W.; Ford, Daniel E.

doi:10.1097/00005650-199910000-00007

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“…There were no differences in the amount of content received by race/ethnicity group. Others have found that Nonwhite patients are provided with less information about their disease and treatment (Cooper-Patrick et al, 1999;Oermann et al, 2001) and as a result may be less actively involved in medical decision making regarding their health (Maly et al, 2003).…”

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Patients' Perceptions of Hospital Discharge Informational Content

Maloney

Weiss

2008

Clin Nurs Res

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Patients' Perceptions of Hospital Discharge Informational Content

Maloney

Weiss

2008

Clin Nurs Res

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“…More serious mental disorders, such as schizophrenia, were not included because of the low prevalence in the sample. The 20-item General Health Questionnaire (2,19) was also administered. A score of ≥4 was included in the statistical models to adjust for psychological distress within the past few weeks of the interview.…”

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The Role of Social Network and Support in Mental Health Service Use: Findings From the Baltimore ECA Study

Maulik¹,

Eaton²,

Bradshaw³

2009

Psychiatric Services

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Objective A significant number of people with mental illness do not use mental health services to receive treatment for their symptoms. This study examined the hypothesis that social network and social support affect mental health service use. Methods Data were from the Baltimore cohort of the Epidemiologic Catchment Area study, a prospective cohort study that gathered data over four time points. This study examined data gathered in 1993–1996 (N=1,920) and 2004–2005 (N=1,071). The study examined indicators of social network and social support in relation to four types of service use (general medical, mental health within general medical, specialty psychiatric, and other human services) with multivariate logistic regression. Examples of other human services include a self-help group or crisis center for help with any psychological problem. Weighted generalized estimating equations were used for the analyses. Results Among persons with major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, panic disorder, or alcohol use disorder in the past year or psychological distress in the past few weeks, general medical service use was reduced when the frequency of contact with relatives or friends occurred less than daily, but it was increased by about 40% when there was a higher than median level of spousal support. In contrast, receiving general medical services for mental health problems was reduced by about 50% when there was a higher than median level of social support from relatives. Specialty psychiatric service use was reduced when there was regular contact with six or more relatives and there was a higher than median level of social support from friends and relatives. None of the social network or social support measures were significantly (p≤.01) associated with use of other human services. Conclusions Increased contact with the social network and higher levels of social support were associated with greater use of general medical services. However, more social support was associated with use of fewer services within the specialty psychiatric sector.

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“…We conceptualize patterns of harassment within a gradient of severity ranging from never harassed (least severe) to chronic harassment (most severe). Since one of the strongest predictors of services use is degree of distress (Cooper-Patrick et al, 1999) and chronic stress is associated with higher levels of distress (Wheaton, 1997), we propose that longer duration of harassment will be associated with professional services utilization.…”

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Workplace harassment patterning, gender, and utilization of professional services: Findings from a US national study

Shannon

Rospenda

Richman

2007

Social Science & Medicine

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This study constitutes the first national longitudinal survey to address the relationship between workplace harassment and service utilization. We examine how patterns of sexual harassment and generalized workplace harassment are linked to utilization of mental health, health, legal, spiritual, and work-related services, and whether and how gender influences these relationships. Data derive from a random digit dial telephone survey with a continental U.S. sample of employed adults. Eligibility criteria were being 18 years of age or over, and being employed at least 20 hours per week at some time in the 12 months prior to the wave 1 survey. Out of 4,116 households with eligible individuals, 2,151 agreed to participate at wave 1. 1,418 participated at wave 2, thus, the overall response rate was 34.5%. We show that the patterning of workplace harassment over two time points (chronic, remission, onset, never harassed) is associated with the use of different types of services. Gender partially moderated the relationship between workplace harassment and services.

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Mental Health Service Utilization by African Americans and Whites

Cited by 200 publications

References 37 publications

Patients' Perceptions of Hospital Discharge Informational Content

Patients' Perceptions of Hospital Discharge Informational Content

The Role of Social Network and Support in Mental Health Service Use: Findings From the Baltimore ECA Study

Workplace harassment patterning, gender, and utilization of professional services: Findings from a US national study

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