Psychological Distress and Mental Health Service Utilization Disparities in Disaggregated Asian American Populations, 2006-2018

被引：8

作者：

Balaraman, Kalpana K. ^{[1
,2
,9
]}

Dan, Shozen ^{[1
,3
]}

Ortega, Nicholas ^{[1
,4
]}

Srinivasan, Malathi ^{[1
,5
]}

Palaniappan, Latha ^{[1
,5
]}

Singh, Jaiveer ^{[1
,6
]}

Chung, Sukyung ^{[1
,7
]}

Joshi, Shashank V. ^{[8
]}

机构：

[1] Stanford Univ, Sch Med, Stanford Ctr Asian Hlth Res & Educ CARE, Palo Alto, CA USA

[2] Tulane Univ, Sch Liberal Arts, Interdisciplinary Program Linguist, New Orleans, LA USA

[3] Keio Univ, Dept Environm & Informat Sci, Tokyo, Japan

[4] Univ Calif Los Angeles, Dept Stat, Los Angeles, CA USA

[5] Stanford Univ, Dept Med, Div Primary Care & Populat Hlth, Sch Med, Palo Alto, CA 94305 USA

[6] Yale Univ, Dept Mol Biophys & Biochem, New Haven, CT USA

[7] Stanford Univ, Dept Med, Quantitat Sci Unit, Primary Care & Populat Hlth, Palo Alto, CA USA

[8] Stanford Univ, Dept Psychiat & Behav Sci, Stanford, CA 94305 USA

[9] Stanford Univ, Stanford Ctr Asian Hlth Res & Educ CARE, Sch Med, 1265 Welch Rd,X200, Palo Alto, CA 94045 USA

来源：

ASIAN AMERICAN JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY | 2023年 / 14卷 / 03期

基金：

美国国家卫生研究院;

关键词：

Asian American; psychological distress; mental health service utilization; NHIS; disparities; IMMIGRANTS; ENGLISH;

D O I：

10.1037/aap0000294

中图分类号：

C95 [民族学、文化人类学];

学科分类号：

0304 ; 030401 ;

摘要：

The recent prevalence of Asian American (AA) adults of disaggregated ethnic groups with psychological distress receiving professional mental health treatment is largely unknown. Using self-reports from 282,382 respondents in the National Health Interview Survey from 2006 to 2018, we found that AA ethnic subgroups (Asian Indians, Chinese, Filipino) reported half the severe psychological distress (Kessler-6 score > 12) than non-Hispanic Whites (NHW). AA ethnic subgroups were half as likely to visit mental health professionals than NHWs after controlling for psychological distress levels and sociodemographic variables: Asian Indian: AOR = 0.46 CI [0.32, 0.66], Chinese: 0.55 CI [0.41, 0.75], Filipino: 0.56 [0.43, 0.73]. Respondents who were born in the U.S.: 1.54 [1.39, 1.74] or college educated, 2.01 [1.83, 2.20] were more likely to visit a mental health professional than those who were not. Respondents over 65 were less likely to visit a mental health professional than any other age group, 0.31 [0.27, 0.35]. Overall, the lower prevalence of mental health service utilization for psychological distress among Asian Indian, Chinese, and Filipino American individuals (in comparison to NHWs) may indicate a need for culturally specific mental health education and outreach efforts.

引用

页码：239 / 249

页数：11

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