Race/Ethnicity and Other Social Determinants of Psychological Well-being and Functioning in Mental Health Clinics

Significant racial and ethnic differences exist in the receipt of psychiatric care and help-seeking. We examined the relationship between race/ethnicity and psychological well-being and functioning in psychiatric outpatients. We analyzed intake data for 8,697 adult patients in psychiatry clinics in...

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Published in:Journal of health care for the poor and underserved 2014-08, Vol.25 (3), p.1418-1431
Main Authors: Chang, Trina E, Weiss, Anthony P, Marques, Luana, Baer, Lee, Vogeli, Christine, Trinh, Nhi-Ha T, Clain, Alisabet J, Blais, Mark A, Fava, Maurizio, Yeung, Albert S
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adult
Continental Population Groups
Ethnic Groups
Ethnicity
Female
Health
Health insurance
Hospitals
Humans
Male
Mental Health
Mental Illness
Middle Aged
New England
Outpatient Clinics, Hospital
Patients
Pharmaceutical industry
Psychiatric Status Rating Scales
Race
Racial Differences
Racial Relations
Social Determinants of Health
Socioeconomic factors
Socioeconomics
Variance analysis
Well Being
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Summary:Significant racial and ethnic differences exist in the receipt of psychiatric care and help-seeking. We examined the relationship between race/ethnicity and psychological well-being and functioning in psychiatric outpatients. We analyzed intake data for 8,697 adult patients in psychiatry clinics in New England between 2008 and 2010. Patients rated psychological wellbeing using the Schwartz Outcome Scale (SOS-10); clinicians rated the Global Assessment of Functioning (GAF). In an analysis of variance with covariates, race/ethnicity exhibited a small but statistically significant association with GAF (F(4,8481)=17.902, p
ISSN:1049-2089
1548-6869
1548-6869
DOI:10.1353/hpu.2014.0138