Open AccessTrends in Contacts With Mental Health Professionals and Cost Barriers to Mental Health Care Among Adults With Significant Psychological Distress in the United States: 1997–2002
Author(s) -
Ramin Mojtabai
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
american journal of public health
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.284
H-Index - 264
eISSN - 1541-0048
pISSN - 0090-0036
DOI - 10.2105/ajph.2003.037630
Subject(s) - mental health , medicine , medical prescription , health care , logistic regression , psychiatry , national health interview survey , mental health care , family medicine , ethnic group , gerontology , environmental health , nursing , population , sociology , anthropology , economics , economic growth
I assessed recent trends in prevalence of any contact with mental health professionals and nonuse of mental health care or prescription medications owing to cost among adults with significant psychological distress.