Racial Disparities in Mental Health Treatment

Graphic I

Groups report feeling that they would have received better mental health treatment health care if they were a different race or ethnicity.

  • 15% African-Americans
  • 13% Latinos
  • 11% Asian-Americans

Graphic II

  • 31% of white children with mental health problems receive mental health services.
  • Only 13% of children from diverse racial and ethnic backgrounds with mental health problems receive mental health services.

Graphic III

  • 8.7% of black adults receive treatment for mental health concerns.
  • 16% of white adults receive treatment for mental health concerns.

Graphic IV

  • 88% of Latino youths have unmet mental heath needs, compared to 76% of white youths and 77% of black youths.

Graphic V

  • Of white health care providers, 51% believe that their patients do not adhere to medical treatments as a result of cultural and linguistic barriers, and 56% report having no form of cultural competency training.

Sources

National Alliance on Mental Illness

National Center for Children in Poverty

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