Background: The application of the structural vulnerability construct in medicine addresses
social structures as the source of health inequities. Evidence demonstrates structural …

Background For many, seeking mental healthcare services remains a clandestine, shameful,
or secret activity due in part, to the stigma associated with it. Aim This study examined the …

Purpose–The main objective of the study is to investigate unmet needs of Black African and
Caribbean Heritage (BAH) patients with and without a concurrent diagnosis of antisocial …

The authors propose reinvigorating and extending the traditional social history beyond its
narrow range of risk behaviors to enable clinicians to address negative health outcomes …

Stigma toward mental illness is a complex construct that impacts people's desire to seek
mental health care and engage in treatment. Certain groups, including ethnic minorities, are …

Stigma may be an important factor in mental health service seeking and utilization. However,
little work on stigma has been conducted in developing nations in the Caribbean, including …

The present study involves a psychometric evaluation of the Substance Abuse Self-Stigma
Scale (SASSS), a 40-item dimensional measure of internalized or self-stigma developed by …

BACKGROUND: Disparities among African Americans and Whites with severe mental
illness have been identified in numerous studies. Yet it remains unknown if disparities are …

This article discusses addiction, race, and structural vulnerability. Structural vulnerability is a
social science construct that describes the situation of an individual's risk for negative health …

Objective The current study examined the role of perceived treatment need in explaining
racial/ethnic disparities in treatment utilization for a substance use disorder (SUD). Methods …