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Racial and ethnic disparities in detection and treatment of depression and anxiety among psychiatric and primary health care visits, 1995-2005

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Stockdale, Susan E., Lagomasino, Isabel T., Siddique, Juned, McGuire, Thomas, Miranda, Jeanne·2008·Medical Care

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CONTEXT: Recent evidence questions whether formerly documented disparities in care for common mental disorders among African Americans and Hispanics still remain. Also, whether disparities exist mainly in psychiatric settings or primary health care settings is unknown. OBJECTIVE: To comprehensively examine time trends in outpatient diagnosis and treatment of depression and anxiety among ethnic groups in primary care and psychiatric settings. DESIGN AND SETTING: Analyses of office-based outpatient visits from the National Ambulatory Medical Care Study from 1995-2005 (n = 96,075). PARTICIPANTS: Visits to office-based primary care physicians and psychiatrists in the United States. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Diagnosed with depression or anxiety, received counseling or a referral for counseling, received an antidepressant prescription, and any counseling or antidepressant care. RESULTS: In these analyses of 10-year trends in treatment of common mental disorders, disparities in counseling/referrals for counseling, antidepressant medications, and any care vastly improved or were eliminated over time in psychiatric visits. Continued disparities in diagnoses, counseling/referrals for counseling, antidepressant medication, and any care are found in primary care visits. CONCLUSIONS: Disparities in care for depression and anxiety among African Americans and Hispanics remain in primary care. Quality improvement efforts are needed to address cultural and linguistic barriers to care.

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  • People who identify as racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to have access to and to use mental health services.

    “Given that people who identify as racial/ethnic minorities are less likely to have access to and to use mental health services (49), this is a sobering finding.”

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    The Results report that African American and Hispanic patients were underrepresented in psychiatric visits, and the Conclusions report persistent disparities in depression and anxiety care in primary care. These findings support lower use of the services studied, but the paper does not directly measure access to mental health services generally. It also says race and ethnicity were recorded by physicians or office staff, not self-identified. (LLM, conf=0.86)

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Authors
Stockdale, S. E., Lagomasino, I. T., Siddique, J., McGuire, T., & Miranda, J.
Affiliations
  • University of California, Los Angeles (US)
  • University of Southern California (US)
  • University of Chicago (US)
  • Harvard University (US)
Corresponding author
  • Stockdale, Susan E.
  • Miranda, Jeanne
Venue
Medical Care
Published
2008-07
Volume
46
Issue
7
Pages
668-677
ISSN
0025-7079 (ISSN-L)
OpenAlex
W2041096161
Cited by
197
References
37
Citations by year
2026: 5 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 3 · 2023: 12 · 2022: 11 · 2021: 17 · 2020: 9 · 2019: 14 · 2018: 9 · 2017: 11 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 11 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 14
FWCI
18.67
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Locations
  • Medical Care (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
  • PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders
  • National Institutes of Health (5p30mh068639-05, 5p20md000148-05)
  • National Institute on Aging (3P0 3AG021684, P30AG021684)
  • National Institute of Mental Health (MH068639-01, P30-MH068639)
  • National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities (1 P20 MD00148-01, P20-MD000148)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Mental Health Treatment and Access
  • Social Sciences › Health › Health disparities and outcomes
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › Cultural Competency in Health Care
Keywords
racial and ethnic disparities, depression, anxiety, access to mental health care, primary care, psychiatric nursing, African Americans, Hispanic Americans, antidepressant prescribing, counseling referral, temporal trends, language and cultural barriers
MeSH terms
Anxiety, Black or African American, Depression, Female, Hispanic or Latino, Humans, Male, Mental Health Services, Middle Aged, Office Visits, Primary Health Care, United States, Health Care Surveys, White People, Healthcare Disparities

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