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- Title
Estimates of Mental Health Problems in a Vulnerable Population within a Primary Care Setting.
- Authors
Hudson, Darrell L.; Kaphingst, Kimberly A.; Croston, Merriah A.; Blanchard, Melvin S.; Goodman, Melody S.
- Abstract
We examined the prevalence of mental disorders in a primary care setting affiliated with a large academic medical center. We also examined whether there were racial differences in mental health disorders. Patients were seeking medical care in an outpatient medical clinic; mental health data were available for them via medical records (n=767). Overall, 45% of patients had a diagnosed mental health problem; the most commonly reported form of mental disorder was depression. African Americans (OR= 1.88; CI: 1.21- 2.91) were more likely than Whites to have a diagnosed mental health problem. These results suggest a strong mental health treatment need among patients seeking primary care in urban settings. The evidence garnered from this study underscores the need to detect and treat mental health problems systematically within outpatient primary care clinics that serve similarly vulnerable populations.
- Subjects
MISSOURI; PSYCHIATRIC epidemiology; ACADEMIC medical centers; BLACK people; CHI-squared test; CONFIDENCE intervals; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL research; HEALTH services accessibility; MEDICAL care; PRIMARY health care; RACE; RESEARCH funding; SURVEYS; WHITE people; LOGISTIC regression analysis; SOCIOECONOMIC factors; AT-risk people; DISEASE prevalence; DATA analysis software; ODDS ratio
- Publication
Journal of Health Care for the Poor & Underserved, 2016, Vol 27, Issue 1, p308
- ISSN
1049-2089
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1353/hpu.2016.0012