title: Depressive symptoms and mental health treatment in an ethnoracially diverse college student sample.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To study (a) the prevalence of depressive symptoms and (b) the utilization of mental health treatment in an ethnoracially diverse sample consisting primarily of Asian Americans, European Americans, Native Hawaiians, and Pacific Islanders.
  
  
  METHODS
  Five hundred eighty-nine college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  A questionnaire packet that included the Center for Epidemiological Studies Depression Scale (CES-D) was administered to students in introductory psychology courses.
  
  
  RESULTS
  (a) There were no differences among ethnoracial groups in levels of depressive symptoms as measured by the CES-D; (b) 71% of participants with high levels of depressive symptoms had not received any mental health treatment in the previous 12 months; and (c) European Americans were 3.7 times more likely to have received mental health treatment in the previous 12 months than other students.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Outreach efforts designed to improve utilization of mental health treatment services by depressed college students, especially by members of ethnoracial minority groups, should be increased.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii at Hilo, Hilo, Hawaii 96720, USA. drsteveherman@gmail.com
authors.forename: Steve
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Herman
authors.forename: Olga G
authors.initials: OG
authors.lastname: Archambeau
authors.forename: Aimee N
authors.initials: AN
authors.lastname: Deliramich
authors.forename: Bryan S K
authors.initials: BS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: Pearl H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: B Christopher
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Frueh
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000704:Analysis of Variance; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D001213:Asian; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D003863:Depression / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005260:Female; D006254:Hawaii / Q000453:epidemiology; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006305:Health Status Indicators; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D044468:Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander; D015995:Prevalence; D011594:Psychometrics; D011613:Psychotherapy; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D018570:Risk Assessment; D013333:Student Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D055815:Young Adult
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents