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| Stigmatizing attitudes toward mental illness among racial/ethnic older adults in primary care | | Author(s) | Daniel E Jimenez, Stephen J Bartels, Veronica Cardenas, Margarita Alegría |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 28, no 10, October 2013 |
| Publisher | Wiley Blackwell, October 2013 |
| Pages | pp 1061-1068 |
| Source | www.orangejournal.org |
| Keywords | Mental disorder ; Ethnic groups [elderly] ; Attitudes to the old of general public. |
| Annotation | The current study applied the perceived stigma framework to identify differences in attitudes toward mental health and mental health treatment among various racial/ethnic minority older adults with common mental health problems including depression, anxiety disorders or at-risk alcohol use. Specifically the study examined to what extent race/ethnicity is associated with differences in (1) perceived stigma of mental illness and (2) perceived stigma for different mental health treatment options. Analyses were conducted using baseline data collected from participants who completed the SAMHSA Mental Health and Alcohol Abuse Stigma Assessment, developed for the PRISM-E (Primary Care Research in Substance Abuse and Mental Health for the Elderly) study, a multisite randomised trial for older adults aged 65 or above with depression, anxiety or at-risk alcohol consumption. The final sample consisted of 1247 non-Latino Whites, 536 African-Americans, 112 Asian-Americans and 303 Latinos. African Americans and Latinos expressed greater comfort in speaking to primary care physicians or mental health professionals concerning mental illness compared with non-Latino Whites. Asian Americans and Latinos expressed greater shame and embarrassment about having a mental illness than non-Latino Whites. Asian Americans expressed greater difficulty in seeking or engaging in mental health treatment. These findings show that racial/ethnic differences exist among older adults with mental illness with respect to stigmatising attitudes toward mental illness and mental health treatment. Results of this study could help researchers and clinicians educate racial/ethnic minority older adults about mental illness and engage them in much needed mental health services. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130920220 A |
| Classmark | E: F:TK: TOB |
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