Disadvantages in mental health care among African Americans

J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2009 May;20(2 Suppl):17-23. doi: 10.1353/hpu.0.0155.

Abstract

African Americans experience mental health disadvantages relative to European Americans with respect to financial barriers, barriers to help seeking, and poorer quality services. This paper provides an overview of these mental health inequalities, and offers recommendations for addressing them.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Black or African American / statistics & numerical data*
  • Cultural Competency*
  • Health Services Accessibility / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Services Needs and Demand / statistics & numerical data*
  • Health Status Disparities*
  • Humans
  • Medically Underserved Area*
  • Poverty
  • Prejudice
  • Socioeconomic Factors
  • United States