A recent surgeon general's report and various studies document racial and ethnic disparities
in mental health care, including gaps in access, questionable diagnostic practices, and …

Minorities have, in general, equal or better mental health than white Americans, yet they
suffer from disparities in mental health care. This paper reviews the evidence for mental …

Mental health is fundamental to health, according to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon
General, the first Surgeon General's report ever to focus exclusively on mental health. That …

Objective: This study examined changes in white-black and white-Latino disparities in the
use of any mental health care and minimally adequate mental health care. Methods: Using …

Many studies of clinical populations have reported significant differences between whites
and blacks in prevalence rates of mental disorders. However, data from the Epidemiologic …

Mental health is fundamental to health, according to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon
General, the first Surgeon General's report ever to focus exclusively on mental health. That …

Since publication of the US Surgeon General's report Mental Health: Culture, Race and
Ethnicity—A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (US …

Racial/ethnic minorities in the United States are more likely than Whites to have severe and
persistent mental disorders and less likely to access mental health care. This …

Introduction. The ability to track improvement against racial/ethnic disparities in mental
health care is hindered by the varying methods and disparity definitions used in previous …

Objective: This study measured trends in disparities in mental health care by use of an
improved method that applies the Institute of Medicine (IOM) definition of racial-ethnic …