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- Title
Age Group Differences in Mental Health Care Preferences and Barriers among Latinos: Implications for Research and Practice.
- Authors
Dupree, Larry W.; Herrera, Julio R.; Tyson, Dinorah Martinez; Yuri Jang; King-Kallimanis, Bellinda L.
- Abstract
The present study examined mental health care preferences and barriers to mental health care among younger (aged 18 to 64, N = 119) and older (aged 65 to 101, N = 136) groups of Latinos from various sites in one county. Multivariate analyses revealed that older age group membership was associated with greater preference for seeking advice from a family doctor but less preference for mental health professionals (e.g., consultations with psychiatrist or psychologist and individual/group counseling), classes on stress management, and advice from a friend. In terms of barriers, older age group membership was linked to greater endorsement for the beliefs that all one's problems are physical and that one's problems are one's own business. Interestingly, younger group membership was shown to increase the odds of reporting feelings of shame of needing counseling and family disapproval. The findings provide important implications for interventions targeted at improving access to mental health care among Hispanics. Based on the similarities and differences found between young and old, both general and age-specific strategies need to be developed in order to increase effectiveness of these programs.
- Subjects
MENTAL health services; INDIVIDUALS' preferences; AGE groups; HISPANIC Americans; MULTIVARIATE analysis
- Publication
Best Practice in Mental Health, 2010, Vol 6, Issue 1, p47
- ISSN
1553-555X
- Publication type
Article