ArticleJournal of immigrant and minority health2011
Estimating the effects of immigration status on mental health care utilizations in the United States.
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35 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Mental Health Service Use Among Immigrants in the United States: A Systematic Review.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2016Pooled it
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- Accessing mental health care: A population-level exploration of the impact of immigration duration in the United States 2019-2023.PLOS mental health · 2025Article
- Determinants to Tele-Mental Health Services Utilization Among California Adults: Do Immigration-Related Variables Matter?Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2024Article
- Association of depression and self-reported health status by birthplace and citizenship status: Results from the 2010-2018 National Health Interview Survey.Journal of affective disorders · 2024Article
- Exploring barriers to seek mental health services among patients with severe mental illness and their caregivers in a modified assertive community treatment program: A qualitative thematic analysis.Indian journal of psychiatry · 2024Article
- Associations of depression with hypertension and citizenship among U.S. adults: A cross-sectional study of the interactions of hypertension and citizenship.Preventive medicine reports · 2023Article
- Predictors of Social-Emotional Development and Adaptive Functioning in School-Age Children with Intestinal Failure.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2023Article
- Mental health and neurocognitive disorder-related hospitalization rates in immigrants and Canadian-born population: a linkage study.Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique · 2023Article
- Views and experiences of migrants and stakeholders involved in social and health care for migrants in Italy during the COVID-19 pandemic: a qualitative study.BMC psychology · 2023Article
- Health Policy Challenges Posed By Shifting Demographics And Health Trends Among Immigrants To The United States.Health affairs (Project Hope) · 2021Article
- Immigration as a Social Determinant of Mental Health: Implications for Training and Education in Psychiatry.Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry · 2021Article
- Psychological distress in the face of a pandemic: An observational study characterizing the impact of COVID-19 on immigrant outpatient mental health.Psychiatry research · 2021Observational
- Increasing Access and Quality of Behavior-Analytic Services for the Latinx Population.Behavior and social issues · 2021Article
- Antidepressant adherence and its predictors in immigrants with depression: A population-based study.Medicine · 2020Observational
- Factors Associated with Mental Health Service Utilization Among Ethiopian Immigrants and Refugees.Journal of immigrant and minority health · 2020Article
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Abstract
Immigration status is a likely deterrent of mental health care utilization in the United States. Using the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey and National Health Interview survey from 2002 to 2006, multivariable logistic regressions were used to estimate the effects of immigration status on mental health care utilization among patients with depression or anxiety disorders. Multivariate regressions showed that immigrants were significantly less likely to take any prescription drugs, but not significantly less likely to have any physician visits compared to US-born citizens. Results also showed that improving immigrants' health care access and health insurance coverage could potentially reduce disparities between US-born citizens and immigrants by 14-29% and 9-28% respectively. Policy makers should focus on expanding the availability of regular sources of health care and immigrant health coverage to reduce disparities on mental health care utilization. Targeted interventions should also focus on addressing immigrants' language barriers, and providing culturally appropriate services.
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