title: Racial differences in attitudes toward professional mental health care and in the use of services.
abstract: Differences in attitudes toward seeking professional mental health care and in the utilization of mental health services were examined by analyzing the second part of the National Comorbidity Survey. Prior to use of services, African Americans were found to have more positive attitudes than whites toward seeking such services, but less likely to use them. After utilization, their attitudes were found to be less positive than those of whites.
authors.affiliation: Department of Health Policy and Management, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Md., USA. diala@maxinter.net
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Diala
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Muntaner
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Walrath
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Nickerson
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: LaVeist
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Leaf
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000628:therapy; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D014481:United States; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data