Utility of Sex, Marital Status, Race, and Age in Targeting Populations for Mental Health Services

Smead, Valerie S.; Smithy-Willis, Deborrah; Smead, Raymond J.

doi:10.2466/pr0.1982.50.3.843

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“…Findings reveal that Jewish women utilize services more than their male counterparts. This pattern is consistent with much of the literature on gender and mental health care utilization among majority communities within Western societies (D'Arcy and Schmitz, 1979;Leaf, Bruce, and Tischler, 1986;Neighbours and Howard, 1987;Popper, 1993;Smead, Smithy-Willis, and Smead, 1982;Russo and Sobel, 1981;Wells, Manning, Duan et al, 1986). The findings also reveal that among an Israeli Arab population, the gender trend is the exact reverse: Men, more than women, utilize mental health services.…”

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Mental Health Service Utilization Among the Arabs in Israel

Al‐Krenawi

2002

Social Work in Health Care

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National hospitalization records (1995, 1986, N = 15,698) reveal that Arab women utilize psychiatric services less than Arab men. The exact reverse occurs among Jewish patients. Moreover, Arab patients significantly underutilize mental health services, compared to Jewish patients. Possible reasons for these utilization patterns include: Arab health care utilization patterns in general; the availability of mental health services in Arab communities; the influence of the "cultural" over the "professional" in Arab mental health utilization; the lack of Arab mental health practitioners; Arab attitudes towards mental health; and gendered role constructions within Arab society. Findings emphasize the need for a policy of developing infrastructure and trained personnel that can provide services adapted to the special cultural characteristics of the Arab population.

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Mental Health Service Utilization Among the Arabs in Israel

Al‐Krenawi

2002

Social Work in Health Care

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“…Marital status was the only significant sociodemographic factor for both races. The significance of marital status has been found elsewhere (Smead, Smithy-Willis, & Smead, 1982). No other sociodemographic variable was significant for either race, except in the following cases.…”

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Race differences in professional help seeking

Broman

1987

American J of Comm Psychol

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Using data from two national surveys, findings from this research indicated that blacks were more likely than whites to seek help from mental health professionals, particularly for economic and physical health problems. Blacks also sought help more often than whites from other sources of professional help, such as teachers, lawyers, social workers and emergency rooms. On the other hand, whites were more likely to seek help from medical sources for all types of problems, and from clergy members.

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“…Barriers to Treatment. Finally, members of minority ethnic groups are less likely to seek and successhlly complete formal treatment for mental health problems (Chen, 1991; Neighbors, 1985; Raynes & Warren, 1971; Smear & Smithy‐Willis, 1982). When minorities seek help, they are more likely to seek advice from general physicians or clergy than from mental health professionals (Leaf, Bruce, Tischler, & Holzer, 1987; Neighbors, 1985).…”

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Resolution of alcohol problems without treatment: Methodological issues and future directions of natural recovery research.

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1998

Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice

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Natural recovery appears t o be the major path t o recovery from alcohol use disorders (AUDs). Studies of this phenomenon have implications for designing formal treatments, self-change strategies, and preventive interventions, and for contributing t o current knowledge of the course of AUDs. The research conducted t o date is limited by a number of important methodological issues associated with sampling, diagnostic criteria, and research design. Furthermore, previous research has failed t o consider a number of sociocultural, developmental, and individual difference variables that clinical and epidemiological literature have established as influential t o the course of AUDs. This article critically reviews the existing natural recovery literature and elaborates on areas of interest that have been neglected by previous natural recovery researchers.

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Utility of Sex, Marital Status, Race, and Age in Targeting Populations for Mental Health Services

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Mental Health Service Utilization Among the Arabs in Israel

Mental Health Service Utilization Among the Arabs in Israel

Race differences in professional help seeking

Resolution of alcohol problems without treatment: Methodological issues and future directions of natural recovery research.

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