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Barriers to Effective Mental Health Services for African Americans
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Many African Americans-especially the most marginal-suffer from mental health problems and would benefit from timely access to appropriate forms of care. However, few seek treatment from outpatient providers in the specialty mental health sector and those who do are at risk of dropping out. African Americans visit providers in the general medical sector, although they use another hypothesized alternative to specialty care, voluntary support networks, less than other groups. These help-seeking tendencies may reflect characteristic coping styles and stigma, as well as a lack of resources and opportunities for treatment. More should be learned about differences in need according to location, social standing, and cultural orientation so as to identify treatments and programs that are especially beneficial to African Americans.
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BackgroundSTIGMA: BARRIER TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG ETHNIC MINORITIES
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- Authors
- Snowden, L. R.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Berkeley (US)
- Corresponding author
- Snowden, Lonnie R.
- ORCID
- Snowden, Lonnie R.
- Venue
- Mental Health Services Research
- Published
- 2001-12
- Volume
- 3
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 181-187
- ISSN
- 1522-3434 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-6636
- OpenAlex
- W1570230786
- Semantic Scholar
- cee44c38d282c0452637f2b965812ca6f4567ccc
- Cited by
- 409
- References
- 44
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- FWCI
- 9.87
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Licence
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- Locations
- Mental Health Services Research (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health (5p50mh043694-13)
- National Institute of Mental Health (MH43694-13)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Mental Health Treatment and Access
- Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Racial and Ethnic Identity Research
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Cultural Competency in Health Care
- Keywords
- African Americans, mental health services, help-seeking, barriers to treatment, general medical care, treatment discontinuation, stigma, coping styles, cultural factors in mental health
- MeSH terms
- Adaptation, Psychological, Mental Disorders, Black or African American, Culture, Health Services Accessibility, Health Services Research, Humans, Mental Health Services, Patient Acceptance of Health Care, United States
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