African-Americans and Comprehensive Service Use

Overview

Journal Community Ment Health J

Specialty Health Services

Date 2003 Jul 3

PMID 12836804

Citations 1

Authors

Matthew T Theriot

Steven P Segal

Max J Cowsert Jr

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Abstract

This study examined African-Americans' use of comprehensive mental health services. 248 long-term users of self-help agencies (SHAs) were interviewed about their use of 37 different mental health services from various providers in a six-month period. Multiple regression analysis showed that the homeless and African-Americans were the high users in our sample. A subsequent MANOVA procedure suggested that this may be the result of African-Americans' increased use of SHAs. While African-Americans are low service users in traditional studies focusing on a narrow list of services and providers, this research argues for including SHAs in future studies of African-American service use.

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