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19525740

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
6
pubmed:dateCreated
2009-6-15
pubmed:abstractText
Although many depressed patients are treated in primary care, depression in these settings has been underdetected and undertreated, which may be influenced by mental health beliefs such as stigma. This study examined the relationships among depression, mental health stigma, and treatment in African American and white primary care patients. Data were collected at 3 primary care settings from 1103 patients who completed surveys measuring depression, stigma, and treatment use. Overall, African American patients reported greater mental health stigma than whites. African American women reported greater stigma than white women. White patients were found to be more likely to use depression treatment than African American patients. Multivariate analyses showed that greater depression severity fully mediated the relationship between stigma and treatment use, and that patients with the highest depression scores had significantly higher stigma scores as well. These results suggest that greater severity of depressive symptoms may override stigma and other beliefs about mental health in determining treatment use, but may be important to address for patients with more moderate levels of symptomatology.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
1539-736X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Electronic
pubmed:volume
197
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
407-11
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2009
pubmed:articleTitle
Relationships between stigma, depression, and treatment in white and African American primary care patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychology, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA. renaam@gmail.com
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural