Alice P. Villatoro|Vickie M. Mays|Ninez A. Ponce|Carol S. Aneshensel
Perceived Need for Mental Health Care: The Intersection of Race, Ethnicity, Gender, and Socioeconomic Status
Columbia University|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles|University of California, Los Angeles
racialethnic minority populations underutilize mental health services even relative psychiatric disorder differences perceived need may contribute disparities using collaborative psychiatric epidemiology surveys assessed intersections raceethnicity gender socioeconomic status affect perceived need analyzed nationally representative sample us adults 18years older n 14906 including nonlatino whites asian americans latinos african americans afrocaribbeans logistic regressions estimated total sample clinical need subsample meets lifetime diagnostic criteria psychiatric disorder disorder subsample perceived need varies gender nativity patterns conditional raceethnicity men less likely women perceived need among nonlatino whites african americans foreignborn immigrants lower perceived need usborn persons among asian americans intersectional approaches understanding perceived need may help uncover social processes lead disparities mental health care