@article {green_barriers_2020, title = {Barriers to Mental Health Service Use and Predictors of Treatment Drop Out: Racial/Ethnic Variation in a Population-Based Study}, journal = {Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research}, volume = {47}, year = {2020}, pages = {606-616}, abstract = {This study examines racial/ethnic differences in perceived need for mental health treatment, barriers to treatment receipt, and reasons for dropout. Data are from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Studies, a pooled dataset from three U.S. nationally-representative adult samples. Among respondents with a 12-month psychiatric disorder who received no treatment (N = 1417), Asians and Latinos reported lower perceived need than Blacks and Whites, and Latinos reported the fewest attitudinal barriers. Among those with a 12-month disorder who dropped out of treatment, Asians and Latinos gave more reasons for dropping out. Significant interactions of race/ethnicity with other characteristics identified subpopulations with high unmet need.}, issn = {1573-3289}, doi = {10.1007/s10488-020-01021-6}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-020-01021-6}, author = {Green, Jennifer Greif and McLaughlin, Katie A. and Fillbrunn, Mirko and Fukuda, Marie and Jackson, James S. and Ronald C. Kessler and Sadikova, Ekaterina and Sampson, Nancy A. and Vilsaint, Corrie and Williams, David R. and Cruz-Gonzalez, Mario and Alegr{\'\i}a, Margarita} }