Open AccessPsychiatric Treatment Needs Among the Medically Underserved
Author(s) -
Azure B. Thompson,
Olveen Carrasquillo,
Marc J. Gameroff,
Myrna M. Weissman
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
primary care companion to the journal of clinical psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1537-6699
pISSN - 1523-5998
DOI - 10.4088/pcc.09m00804whi
Subject(s) - residence , psychiatry , medicine , logistic regression , race (biology) , demography , botany , sociology , biology
Racial disparities in psychiatric treatment are well documented. A growing body of research demonstrates that residing in a racial minority neighborhood adversely affects access to health care and may in part account for psychiatric treatment disparities. The study objective is to determine the role of race in psychiatric treatment disparities among blacks and whites residing in a racial minority neighborhood.