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Mental Health Service Use Among Immigrants in the United States: A Systematic Review

Psychiatric Services · 2015 · Vol. 67(3) · pp. 265–274

Amelia Seraphia Derr✉(Seattle University)

Abstract

Important areas for future research on disparities in mental health service use among immigrants include expanding research and analytic design to emphasize understudied groups and the heterogeneity of immigrant experiences over time, studying interventions that foster collaboration between formal and informal service sectors, and examining the role of social support in problem recognition and treatment initiation.

Migration, Health and Trauma Mental Health Treatment and Access Employment and Welfare StudiesImmigrationMental healthStressorMental health serviceHealth careService (business)MedicinePopulationMental health careGerontology

MeSH terms

Mental DisordersCultural CharacteristicsHealth Services AccessibilityHumansMental Health ServicesSocial SupportUnited StatesMedically UninsuredEmigrants and ImmigrantsSocial Stigma

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509

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Unequal treatment: confronting racial and ethnic disparities in health care