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Explains mental health disparities among racial and ethnic minorities with lived experiences of serious mental illness. Also includes resources for practitioners and researchers.

This brief is focused on racial and ethnic disparities in mental health care, including use of mental health care, barriers to mental health care, the impact of prior experiences of unfair ...

Objectives Racial/ethnic disparities in access to and delayed mental healthcare persist and disenfranchise marginalized populations. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated unmet needs for improved mental health services and care. Using the Andersen’s model of healthcare utilization, we examined associations between predisposing, enabling, and need factors on mental healthcare utilization among a ...

How does race-gender status shape the medicalization and criminalization of those with mental illness? Using data from the 2022 wave of the National Survey on Drug Use and Health, I examine the associations between mental illness and arrest versus mental health treatment, and how these associations vary by race-gender status. I find significant patterns of difference among Black, Hispanic, and ...

According to Mental Health America’s 2023 State of Mental Health In America report: 11% of adults who identified with two or more races reported serious thoughts of suicide in 2020, 6% higher than the average among all adults. Rates of a severe major depressive episode were highest among youth who identified as more than one race.

In 2022, suicide was the third leading cause of death for Black or African Americans ages 10 to 24. 1 The death rate from suicide for Black or African American males was more than four times higher than for Black or African American females in 2021. 2 The overall suicide rate for Black or African Americans was 50% lower than that of the non-Hispanic white population, in 2021. 2 Non-Hispanic ...

BMC Public Health. 2023;23 (1):957. doi: 10.1186/s12889-023-15912-4 PubMed Google Scholar Office of the Surgeon General; Center for Mental Health Services; National Institute of Mental Health. Mental health: culture, race, and ethnicity. A supplement to mental health: a report of the Surgeon General. 2001.

A new study found that more than half of US adults encounter some form of discrimination, and that this mistreatment may fuel higher chances of depression and/or anxiety diagnoses among these specific racial and ethnic groups due to cultural, social, and systemic factors.

Racial discrimination in healthcare contributes to mental health issues and has been shown to be associated with loneliness. Despite this, there is limited research on the role loneliness plays in the relationship between racial discrimination in healthcare settings and mental health outcomes.

This report describes racial and ethnic disparities in stress and worry, mental health, and substance use during the COVID-19 pandemic.

We expect that racial minorities have more mental illness stigma for CMDs compared to majorities. We also investigate if there are variability in mental illness stigma between racial minorities depending on race, quality of the studies and types of stigma outcomes (self-report vs vignette). Methods Identification and selection of studies

Rapidly rising rates of deaths by suicide and drug overdose among people of color, along with disproportionate impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic, further underscore inequities in access to mental ...

Many mental health practitioners have experience, cultural understanding, and openness when discussing and treating mental health conditions in multiracial people. It is best to seek a therapist who:

This article provides an overview of research on race-related stressors that can affect the mental health of socially disadvantaged racial and ethnic populations. It begins by reviewing the research on self-reported discrimination and mental health. ...

Abstract Objectives: Racial/ethnic disparities in access to and delayed mental healthcare persist and disenfranchise marginalized populations. The COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated unmet needs for improved mental health services and care. Using the Andersen's model of healthcare utilization, we examined associations between predisposing, enabling, and need factors on mental healthcare utilization ...

Race and ethnicity serve as powerful determinants in mental health access and bear undeserved consequences to those affected. It’s imperative we work towards equitable healthcare, prioritizing the creation of culturally sensitive mental health resources, expanding language services, and fostering supportive attitudes around mental health.

Racial/ethnic, gender, and sexual minorities often suffer from poor mental health outcomes due to multiple factors including inaccessibility of high quality mental health care services, cultural stigma surrounding mental health care, discrimination, and overall lack of awareness about mental health.

Percentages of Selected Mental Health Indicators for Adults Aged 18 and Over, by Race and Hispanic Origin: United States, January–June 2019 In the table below, the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) National Health Interview Survey (NHIS) Early Release Program provides estimates for selected mental health indicators, disaggregated by race and Hispanic origin, based on data from the ...

The dataset contains information on demographic and socioeconomic factors, chronic health conditions, adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and mental health. ACE-related questions are part of the optional modules and consist of 11 questions that delve into adverse childhood events experienced before the age of 18.