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JOURNAL OF HEALTH AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR
Volume 49, Issue 3, Pages 317-334Publisher
SAGE PUBLICATIONS INC
DOI: 10.1177/002214650804900306
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- NIMHD NIH HHS [P60MD002261] Funding Source: Medline
- NIMH NIH HHS [T32-MH 019733, T32 MH019733] Funding Source: Medline
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Though researchers have described psychosocial barriers, to mental health care-seeking, limited research has examined ways in which gender and race-ethnicity, are associated with individuals' perceptions and attitudes. This study investigates correlates of psychosocial barriers to mental health care in a population of adults reporting unmet need for mental health care, focusing on gender and race-ethnicity. Data are from the 2002 National Survey on Drug Use and Health. Multivariate analyses show that non-Latino white male status is positively associated with stigma avoidance and mistrust/fear of the mental health care system. Persons of lower income or educational status are less likely to report negative attitudes towards care. Findings imply a need to reconsider the roles of gender, race-ethnicity and socioeconomic status within investigations of psychosocial barriers to care. Future research should examine the relationships among social status, help-seeking behaviors, and attitudes toward mental health care.
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