The Relationship between Race/Ethnicity and Perceptions of Mental Health Care

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
John Robst ◽  
Angela Cai
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
The Relationship

Roles of Psychological Distress and Social Support in the Relationship Between Childhood Maltreatment and Perceived Needs for Mental Health Care

2021 ◽  
pp. 088626052110063
Author(s):  
Tingting Gao ◽  
Songli Mei ◽  
Muzi Li ◽  
Carl D’ Arcy ◽  
Xiangfei Meng
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Social Support ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Psychological Distress ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Childhood Maltreatment ◽  
Perceived Needs ◽  
Perceived Need ◽  
History Of ◽  
The Relationship

Childhood maltreatment is a major public health issue worldwide. It increases a range of health-risk behaviors, psychological and physical problems, which are associated with an increased need for mental health services in adulthood. Identification of mediating factors in the relationship between maltreatment and seeking mental health care may help attenuate the negative consequences of childhood maltreatment and promote more appropriate treatment. This study aims to examine whether the relationship between childhood maltreatment and perceived need for mental health care is mediated by psychological distress and/or moderated by social support. Data from the Canadian Community Health Survey-Mental Health 2012 are analyzed. A total of 8,993 participants, who had complete information on childhood maltreatment and diagnoses of mental disorders or psychological distress, are included in this study. Structural equation modeling and the PROCESS macro were used to identify relationships among childhood maltreatment, perceived needs for mental health care, and psychological distress. Hierarchical linear regression was then used to verify the moderated mediation model. We found that psychological distress partially mediated the effect of childhood maltreatment on perceived needs for mental health care in adulthood. Social support played an important role in terms of moderating the relationship between maltreatment and perceived needs for care. For those with a history of childhood maltreatment, those who perceived a low level of social support were more likely to have higher levels of psychological distress and perceived need for mental health care. This is the first study to identify the separate and combined roles of psychological distress and social support in the relationship between childhood maltreatment and perceived need for mental health care. Selective prevention strategies should focus on social support to improve mental health services among people with a history of childhood maltreatment.

Mental Health Care Utilization: How Race, Ethnicity and Veteran Status are Associated with Seeking Help

2015 ◽  
Vol 52 (2) ◽  
pp. 174-179 ◽  
Author(s):  
Susan M. De Luca ◽  
John R. Blosnich ◽  
Elizabeth A. W. Hentschel ◽  
Erika King ◽  
Sally Amen
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Health Care Utilization ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Care Utilization ◽  
Veteran Status ◽  
Seeking Help ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
Mental Health Care Utilization

The Role of Virtue Ethics in Psychiatric Nursing

1996 ◽  
Vol 3 (3) ◽  
pp. 202-211 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kim Lützén ◽  
António Barbosa da Silva
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Virtue Ethics ◽  
Applied Ethics ◽  
Psychiatric Nursing ◽  
Empirical Reality ◽  
Rule Based ◽  
The Relationship

The main purpose of this article is to discuss the place of the ethics of virtues and char acter in nursing and health care in general, and in psychiatric nursing in particular. To attain this goal, the relationship between the ethics of duty (i.e. rule based ethics) and the ethics of virtue and character will be clarified in order to defend our main hypothe sis that these two types of ethics should complement each other, since both are necessary but neither by itself is sufficient for nursing. This means that any applied ethics, as in nursing, should consider the importance of the agent's moral character. To support our arguments, we shall use cases from the empirical reality of psychiatric and mental health care.

Race, Ethnicity and Gender Identity Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Luca Fumarco ◽  
Eva Dils ◽  
Ben Harrell ◽  
David Schwegman ◽  
Patrick Button
Keyword(s):  
Mental Health ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Gender Identity ◽  
Mental Health Care ◽  
Race Ethnicity ◽  
And Gender ◽  
Ethnicity And Gender
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