@article{ref1,
title="Geographic variation in mental health care disparities among racially/ethnically diverse adults with psychiatric disorders",
journal="Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology",
year="2017",
author="Kim, Giyeon and Dautovich, Natalie and Ford, Katy-Lauren and Jimenez, Daniel E. and Cook, Benjamin and Allman, Richard M. and Parmelee, Patricia",
volume="52",
number="8",
pages="939-948",
abstract="PURPOSE: The main purpose of this paper is to examine geographic variation in unmet need for mental health care among racially/ethnically diverse adults with psychiatric disorders in the US. <br><br>METHODS: Drawn from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES; 2001-2003), adults with any past year psychiatric disorder diagnosis (n = 3211) from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds were selected for analyses. Using weighted data, descriptive analyses and logistic regression analyses were conducted. <br><br>RESULTS: Two-thirds of the total sample had unmet mental health care need, which differed significantly by race/ethnicity (p < .001). Logistic regression analyses show regional variation of the effect of race/ethnicity in unmet need: after adjusting for covariates, Latinos in the South, Blacks and Latinos in the Midwest, and Latinos and Asians in the West had higher unmet need than non-Hispanic Whites, whereas no significant racial/ethnic effects were found in the Northeast. <br><br>CONCLUSIONS: Findings suggest that geographic region plays an important role in the sufficient use of mental health services among racial/ethnic minorities. Further research should elucidate reasons for geographic disparities in mental health care among racial/ethnic minority adults to reduce disparities.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0933-7954",
doi="10.1007/s00127-017-1401-1",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1401-1"
}