Two hypotheses are typically invoked to examine the referral of adults into mental health
care. The first is the clinical behavior hypothesis that suggests the psychiatric problem …

National data on psychiatric hospitalization point to marked ethnic-related differences.
Blacks and Native Americans are considerably more likely than Whites to be hospitalized; …

Few investigations have examined the referral of minority adolescents to community mental
health clinics. This issue is especially critical in light of the increased attention given to …

The present study examined the referral patterns of 1,095 African, 2,168 Asian, 1,385
Hispanic, and 2,273 White Americans (18 years of age and older) in a public mental health …

BackgroundMinority ethnic groups in the UK are reported to have a poor experience of
mental health services, but comparative information is scarce. AimsTo examine ethnic …

Objective: Studies suggest that non-European immigrants to Canada tend to under use
mental health services, compared with Canadian-born people. Social, cultural, religious …

Abstract The 1999 Surgeon General's report on mental health brought the status of mental
health care to the forefront of mainstream America. The report indicated that the prevalence …

The authors used data from the 1998–1999 Community Tracking Study (CTS) household
survey to examine variations in predictors of use of mental health services among different …

OBJECTIVE: Low-income outpatients with scheduled appointments (“scheduled patients”)
were compared with those who sought treatment without appointments (“walk-ins”) …

Ethnic minority patients who develop mental illness often do not use statutory services. This
is a result of individual as well as systemic factors. The models of illness followed will …