title: Mental Health Treatment Barriers Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Versus White Young Adults 6 Months After Intake at a College Counseling Center.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This study examined mental health treatment barriers following intake at a counseling center among racially/ethnically diverse college students.
  
  
  METHODS
  College students (N = 122) seen for intake at a college counseling center in 2012-2013 completed self-reports of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and mental health treatment barriers 6 months later.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Racial/ethnic minority students less often reported previous mental health treatment and treatment after being seen at the counseling center, compared with white students. They also endorsed more treatment barriers--most commonly, financial concerns and lack of time--and more often endorsed stigma-related concerns. Treatment barriers were associated with not following through with counseling center recommendations and with greater depressive symptom severity but not with suicidal ideation during follow-up.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Improving mental health treatment seeking among racial/ethnic minority college students should involve decreasing treatment barriers, improving access to affordable options, providing flexible scheduling or time-limited options, and decreasing stigma.
authors.forename: Regina
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Miranda
authors.forename: Ariella
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Soffer
authors.forename: Lillian
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Polanco-Roman
authors.forename: Alyssa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wheeler
authors.forename: Alyssa
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moore
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D003376:Counseling / Q000458:organization & administration / Q000592:standards* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000523:psychology; D013334:Students / Q000523:psychology*; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013997:Time Factors; D016896:Treatment Outcome; D014495:Universities
keywords: college students; counseling; depression; mental health treatment barriers; suicidal ideation