Use of mental health-related services among immigrant and US-born Asian Americans: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study

J. Abe-Kim, D.T. Takeuchi, S. Hong, N. Zane, S. Sue, M.S. Spencer, H. Appel, E. Nicdao and M. Alegría

American Journal of Public Health, 2007, vol. 97, issue 1, 91-98

Abstract: Objectives. We examined rates of mental health-related service use (i.e., any, general medical, and specialty mental health services) as well as subjective satisfaction with and perceived helpfulness of care in a national sample of Asian Americans, with a particular focus on immigration-related factors. Methods. Data were derived from the National Latino and Asian American Study (2002-2003). Results. About 8.6% of the total sample (n = 2095) sought any mental health-related services; 34.1% of individuals who had a probable diagnosis sought any services. Rates of mental health-related service use, subjective satisfaction, and perceived helpfulness varied by birthplace and by generation. US-born Asian Americans demonstrated higher rates of service use than did their immigrant counterparts. Third-generation or later individuals who had a probable diagnosis had high (62.6%) rates of service use in the previous 12 months. Conclusions. Asian Americans demonstrated lower rates of any type of mental health-related service use than did the general population, although there are important exceptions to this pattern according to nativity status and generation status. Our results underscore the importance of immigration-related factors in understanding service use among Asian Americans.

Date: 2007
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