Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychosocial Barriers to Mental Health Care: An Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need

Autor/inn/en	Ojeda, Victoria D.; Bergstresser, Sara M.
Titel	Gender, Race-Ethnicity, and Psychosocial Barriers to Mental Health Care: An Examination of Perceptions and Attitudes among Adults Reporting Unmet Need
Quelle	In: Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 49 (2008) 3, S.317-334 (18 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0022-1465
DOI	10.1177/002214650804900306
Schlagwörter	Ethnicity; Social Status; Help Seeking; Gender Differences; Health Promotion; Negative Attitudes; Mental Health; Drug Use; Correlation; Race; Surveys; Multivariate Analysis; Whites; Males; Fear; Health Services; Low Income + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ethnizität; Sozialer Status; Help-seeking behavior; Help-seeking behaviour; Hilfe suchendes Verhalten; Geschlechterkonflikt; Gesundheitsfürsorge; Gesundheitshilfe; Reihenuntersuchung; Negative Fixierung; Psychohygiene; Drug consumption; Substance abuse; Drogenkonsum; Korrelation; Rasse; Abstammung; Survey; Umfrage; Befragung; Multivariate Analyse; White; Weißer; Male; Männliches Geschlecht; Furcht; Health service; Gesundheitsdienst; Gesundheitswesen; Niedriglohn
Abstract	Though researchers have described psychosocial barriers to mental health care-seeking, limited research has examined ways in which gender and race-ethnicity are associated with individuals' perceptions and attitudes. This study investigates correlates of psychosocial barriers to mental health care in a population of adults reporting unmet need for mental health care, focusing on gender and race-ethnicity. Data are from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Multivariate analyses show that non-Latino white male status is positively associated with stigma avoidance and mistrust/fear of the mental health care system. Persons of lower income or educational status are less likely to report negative attitudes towards care. Findings imply a need to reconsider the roles of gender, race-ethnicity, and socioeconomic status within investigations of psychosocial barriers to care. Future research should examine the relationships among social status, help-seeking behaviors, and attitudes toward mental health care. (Contains 4 tables and 2 notes.) (As Provided).
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