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- Title
Use of Mental Health--Related Services Among Immigrant and US-Born Asian Americans: Results From the National Latino and Asian American Study.
- Authors
Abe-Kim, Jennifer; Takeuchi, David T.; Seunghye Hong; Appel, Hoa; Nicdao, Ethel; Zane, Nolan; Sue, Stanley; Spencer, Michael S.; Alegría, Margarita
- Abstract
Objectives. We examined rates of mental health-related service use (i.e., any, general medical, and specialty mental health services) as well as subjective satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of care in a national sample of Asian Americans, with a particular focus on immigration-related factors. Methods. Data were derived from the National Latino and Asian American Study (2002-2003). Results. About 8.6% of the total sample (n=2095) sought any mental health-related services; 34.1% of individuals who had a probable diagnosis sought any services. Rates of mental health-related service use, subjective satisfaction, and perceived helpfulness varied by birthplace and by generation. US-born Asian Americans demonstrated higher rates of service use than did their immigrant counterparts. Third-generation or later individuals who had a probable diagnosis had high (62.6%) rates of service use in the previous 12 months. Conclusions. Asian Americans demonstrated lower rates of any type of mental health-related service use than did the general population, although there are important exceptions to this pattern according to nativity status and generation status. Our results underscore the importance of immigration-related factors in understanding service use among Asian Americans.
- Subjects
UNITED States; MENTAL health services for Asian Americans; MENTAL health of Asian Americans; HEALTH of immigrants; IMMIGRANTS; MENTAL health services; PATIENT satisfaction; PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2007, Vol 97, Issue 1, p91
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2006.098541