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Publication Date: 2015
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Mental Health Treatment Barriers among Racial/Ethnic Minority versus White Young Adults 6 Months after Intake at a College Counseling Center
Miranda, Regina; Soffer, Ariella; Polanco-Roman, Lillian; Wheeler, Alyssa; Moore, Alyssa
Journal of American College Health, v63 n5 p291-298 2015
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.
Descriptors: Mental Health, Health Services, Mental Disorders, Barriers, Correlation, Depression (Psychology), Symptoms (Individual Disorders), Severity (of Disability), Help Seeking, College Students, Minority Group Students, Social Bias, Counseling Services, Student Attitudes, Measures (Individuals), Suicide, Predictor Variables, Student Characteristics, Regression (Statistics), Online Surveys
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Education Level: Higher Education; Postsecondary Education
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Language: English
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