title: Disadvantages in mental health care among African Americans.
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.
authors.affiliation: Community Voices Program, Morehouse School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA 30310 USA. kholden@msm.edu
authors.forename: Kisha Braithwaite
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Holden
authors.forename: Clare
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Xanthos
mesh_terms: D001741:Black or African American / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054521:Cultural Competency; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006301:Health Services Needs and Demand / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006801:Humans; D008507:Medically Underserved Area; D011203:Poverty; D011287:Prejudice; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D014481:United States