ArticleThe Gerontologist2013
Regional variation of racial disparities in mental health service use among older adults.
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- Regional Differences in Serious Psychological Distress and Overall Physical and Mental Health.Community mental health journal · 2022Article
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- Culture and mood disorders: the effect of abstraction in image, narrative and film on depression and anxiety.Medical humanities · 2020Article
- Psychiatric Disorders Among Older Black Americans: Within- and Between-Group Differences.Innovation in aging · 2020Article
- Regional and racial/ethnic variations in alcohol consumption among older adults.Aging & mental health · 2019Article
- National racial/ethnic and geographic disparities in experiences with health care among adult Medicaid beneficiaries.Health services research · 2019Article
- Geographic Region Matters in the Relation Between Perceived Racial Discrimination and Psychiatric Disorders Among Black Older Adults.The Gerontologist · 2017Article
- Geographic variation in mental health care disparities among racially/ethnically diverse adults with psychiatric disorders.Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology · 2017Article
- Measuring Geographic "Hot Spots" of Racial/Ethnic Disparities: An Application to Mental Health Care.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2016Article
- Not Near Enough: Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Access to Nearby Behavioral Health Care and Primary Care.Journal of health care for the poor and underserved · 2015Article
- Geographic and racial-ethnic differences in satisfaction with and perceived benefits of mental health services.Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.) · 2014Article
- Income inequality among American states and the incidence of major depression.Journal of epidemiology and community health · 2014Article
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Abstract
purposeGiven the paucity of research on the role of geography in mental health care, this study examined whether racial differences in mental health service use varied across geographic regions among older adults. DESIGN AND
methodsDrawn from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), blacks (n = 1,008) and whites (n = 1,870) aged 60 and older were selected for analysis. Logistic regression analyses were conducted.
resultsResults showed significant racial disparities in mental health service use in the overall sample, as well as significant variation by region. Although no racial differences were observed in the Northeast, West, or Midwest regions, black elders in the South were significantly less likely than whites to use mental health services (odds ratios [OR], 2.08; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.34-3.23). IMPLICATIONS: The findings suggest that improving the access to mental health care in certain regions, the South in particular, may be essential to reduce racial disparities at the national level. Policy implications are discussed.
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