TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2021//
TI  - Racial/ethnic disparities in the decision points of mental health service use and psychotropic medication receipt among depressed youth
JO  - Youth and society
A1  - Zhang, Saijun
A1  - Cain, Daphne S.
A1  - Liao, Minli
SP  - 610
EP  - 635
VL  - 53
IS  - 4
N2  - Depression has been increasing rapidly and is prevalent among youth. Inadequate mental health service utilization for youth and relevant racial/ethnic disparities are a growing concern. The current study used a nationally representative database to examine racial/ethnic disparities in youth depression prevalence, mental health services utilization, and psychotropic medication receipt. The sequential examination shows that depressed minority youth (22%-30%) were not only much less likely to use specialty mental health services than depressed Caucasian and multiracial youth (40%-43%, p <.001), they were also much less likely to receive psychotropic medications (22%-30%) than their Caucasian and multiracial counterparts (38%-44%, p =.048 to <.001) when using specialty mental health services. The findings reveal possibly two levels of racial/ethnic disparities at the decision points of accessing specialty mental health services and subsequent treatment methods choice. Implications for mental health policies and practices are also discussed.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0044-118X
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0044118X19871853
ID  - ref1
ER  -