Rural–urban mental health disparities in the United States during COVID-19.

2020 ◽  
Vol 12 (S1) ◽  
pp. S222-S224 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nicole M. Summers-Gabr
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Health Disparities ◽  
Urban Mental Health

scholarly journals “Here in the Bible Belt, It’s Predominantly Negative”: Sexual Identity Stigma in the American South, 50 Years After Stonewall

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joseph J. Frey ◽  
William J. Hall ◽  
Jeremy T. Goldbach ◽  
Paul Lanier
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Sexual Identity ◽  
Minority Stress ◽  
The United States ◽  
Mental Health Disparities ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
United States South ◽  
The Impact

Lesbian, gay, bisexual, and pansexual (LGB+) individuals have disproportionate rates of mental illness. Minority stress and sexual identity stigma are posited as the primary social determinants of LGB+ mental health disparities. Discussions in the literature have questioned the impact of sexual identity stigma in a world increasingly accepting of sexual minorities. Additionally, the LGB+ population in the United States South is often overlooked in American research. This article details a qualitative study exploring experiences related to sexual identity stigma among adults who identify as LGB+ in the United States South. Semi-structured interviews with 16 individuals were analyzed using content analysis. Six thematic categories of stigma emerged from participants’ experiences: (a) navigating an LGB+ identity, (b) social acceptability of an LGB+ identity, (c) expectation of LGB+ stigma, (d) interpersonal discrimination and harassment, (e) structural stigma, and (f) relationship with the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) community. Findings suggest that sexual identity stigma remains a common experience among these Southern United States participants. Further, thematic categories and subcategories primarily aligned with extant theory with one exception: Intracommunity stigma, a form of stigma emanating from the LGBTQ community, emerged as a stigma type not currently accounted for in theoretical foundations underpinning mental health disparities in this population.

Mental Health

2019 ◽  
pp. 307-330
Author(s):  
Carles Muntaner ◽  
Edwin Ng ◽  
Haejoo Chung ◽  
Philipp Hessel ◽  
William W. Eaton
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Health Services ◽  
Social Stratification ◽  
The United States ◽  
Public Health Approach ◽  
Social Injustice ◽  
Mental Health Disparities

This chapter addresses the needs for preventive measures to improve the unfair—and avoidable—living and working conditions that produce increased rates of mental disorders among poor workers, women, immigrants, and racial and ethnic minorities. It also addressees treatment to narrow persistent mental health disparities by providing high-quality mental health services and psychiatric care. It discusses mental illness in a social justice context; the association between social stratification and mental health; specific dimensions of social injustice that implicate unequal power relations as a determinant of mental health disparities and mental health services and as a source of social injustice; and what needs to be done to achieve a more equal society that will reduce disparities in mental health outcomes. It recommends an action agenda that includes reframing issues of mental health among deprived and victimized populations to include civil rights and human rights as well as a public health approach. A text box describes the opioid crisis in the United States.

scholarly journals Caste, religion, and mental health in India

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aashish Gupta ◽  
Diane Coffey
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Population Level ◽  
The United States ◽  
World Health ◽  
Adult Health ◽  
Mental Health Disparities ◽  
Middle Income ◽  
Middle Income Countries ◽  
Scheduled Castes

The relationship between mental health and social disadvantage in low and middle income countries is poorly understood. Our study contributes the first population-level analysis of mental health disparities in India, where the two marginalized groups that we study constitute a population larger than that of the United States. Applying two complementary empirical strategies to data on 10,125 adults interviewed by the World Health Organisation's Survey of Global Ageing and Adult Health (WHO-SAGE), we document and standardize gaps in self-reported mental health between the dominant social group (higher caste Hindus) and two marginalized social groups (Scheduled Castes and Muslims). We find that differences in socioeconomic status cannot fully explain the large disparities in mental health that we document, especially for Muslims. Our results highlight the need for research to understand the causes and consequences of mental health disparities in India, and for policies to move beyond redistribution and address discrimination against Scheduled Castes and Muslims.

scholarly journals A Meta-Analysis of Mental Health among Latino Adults: Elucidating Disparities from Differences

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Karen R Florez ◽  
Kyra Alyssa Abbu ◽  
Fariha Hossain ◽  
Aprielle Willis ◽  
Joshua Breslau
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Health Disparities ◽  
Recent Literature ◽  
Meta Analysis ◽  
Country Of Origin ◽  
The United States ◽  
Latino Population ◽  
Access To Treatment ◽  
Migration History

Latinos continue to experience acute disparities in access to treatment for mental health, and these differences appear to be worsening with time. However, comparisons between Latinos and non-Latino Whites are of limited utility, because of the heterogeneity of the Latino population with respect to country of origin, migration history, and reception in the United States. This meta-analysis of the recent literature on the heterogeneity of mental health disparities among Latinos by making 3 important comparisons (1) Studies with Comparison across Latino Origin Groups, (2) Studies with Comparison Across Immigration-related Characteristics, and (3) Studies with Comparison with non-Latino Groups.

Mental health services providers' distribution across counties in the United States.

1984 ◽  
Vol 39 (12) ◽  
pp. 1424-1434 ◽  
Author(s):  
David J. Knesper ◽  
John R. Wheeler ◽  
David J. Pagnucco
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
United States ◽  
Mental Health Services ◽  
Health Services ◽  
The United States
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