Mental Health Treatment Barriers Among Racial/Ethnic Minority Versus White Young Adults 6 Months After Intake at a College Counseling Center

Regina Miranda · Ariella Soffer · Lillian A. Polanco-Roman · Alyssa Wheeler · Alyssa Moore

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Mental Health Treatment and Access Counseling Practices and Supervision Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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OBJECTIVE: This study examined mental health treatment barriers following intake at a counseling center among racially/ethnically diverse college students. METHODS: College students (N = 122) seen for intake at a college counseling center in 2012-2013 completed self-reports of depressive symptoms, suicidal ideation, and mental health treatment barriers 6 months later. RESULTS: Racial/ethnic minority students less often reported previous mental health treatment and treatment after being seen at the counseling center, compared with white students. They also endorsed more treatment barriers--most commonly, financial concerns and lack of time--and more often endorsed stigma-related concerns. Treatment barriers were associated with not following through with counseling center recommendations and with greater depressive symptom severity but not with suicidal ideation during follow-up. CONCLUSIONS: Improving mental health treatment seeking among racial/ethnic minority college students should involve decreasing treatment barriers, improving access to affordable options, providing flexible scheduling or time-limited options, and decreasing stigma.

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