Geographic and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Satisfaction With and Perceived Benefits of Mental Health Services

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2014
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American Psychiatric Publishing
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Objective: This study examined whether racial-ethnic differences in satisfaction with and perceived benefits from mental health services vary by geographic region among U.S. adults. Methods: Drawn from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES), selected samples consisted of 2,160 adults age 18 and older from diverse racial-ethnic groups (Asian, black, Hispanic/Latino, and white) who had used mental health services in the past 12 months. Generalized linear model analysis was conducted for the United States as a whole and separately by geographic region (Northeast, South, Midwest, and West) after adjustment for covariates. Results: In the national sample, no significant main effects of race-ethnicity and geographic region were found in either satisfaction with or perceived benefits from mental health services. In the stratified analyses for geographic regions, however, significant racial-ethnic differences were observed in the West; blacks in the West were significantly more likely to report higher satisfaction and perceived benefits, whereas Hispanics/Latinos in the West were significantly less likely to do so. Conclusions: The findings suggest that there are regional variations of racial-ethnic differences in satisfaction with and perceived benefits from mental health services among U.S. adults and that addressing needs of Hispanics/Latinos in the West may help reduce racial-ethnic disparities in mental health care. Clinical and policy implications are discussed.

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AFRICAN-AMERICANS, NATIONAL-SURVEY, OLDER-ADULTS, DISPARITIES, CARE, RACE, QUALITY, INEQUALITIES, DISORDERS, MEXICAN, Health Policy & Services, Public, Environmental & Occupational Health, Psychiatry
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Kim, G., Parton, J. M., Ford, K.-L., Bryant, A. N., Shim, R. S., & Parmelee, P. (2014). Geographic and Racial-Ethnic Differences in Satisfaction With and Perceived Benefits of Mental Health Services. In Psychiatric Services (Vol. 65, Issue 12, pp. 1474–1482). American Psychiatric Association Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201300440