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Predictors of Seeking Mental Health Treatment in Black Men: Therapy Fears and Expectations About Counseling.
- Source :
- Community Mental Health Journal; Feb2024, Vol. 60 Issue 2, p385-393, 9p
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- The current study examined predictors of mental health treatment among Black men while incarcerated. Participants were 76 individuals who identified as Black Americans and were recruited from a correctional setting. Using secondary data analysis (Shaw, L. B., & Morgan, R. D. (2011). Inmate attitudes toward treatment: Mental health service utilization and treatment effects. Law and Human Behavior, 35(4), 249–261. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10979-010-9233-5.), results indicated that Black men with a mental health diagnosis were more likely than those without a diagnosis to report receiving mental health treatment while incarcerated. Additionally, linear regression analyses indicated that only expectations about treatment (i.e., personal commitment; not therapy fears or history of mental health diagnosis) significantly predicted the current use of mental health treatment. Implications for research and practice are discussed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
- Subjects :
- PRISON psychology
MEN'S health
CORRECTIONAL institutions
COUNSELING
HEALTH services accessibility
HELP-seeking behavior
MEDICAL care of prisoners
REGRESSION analysis
FEAR
MEDICAL care use
QUESTIONNAIRES
SCALE analysis (Psychology)
DESCRIPTIVE statistics
RESEARCH funding
ANXIETY
MENTAL health services
AFRICAN Americans
SECONDARY analysis
Subjects
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 00103853
- Volume :
- 60
- Issue :
- 2
- Database :
- Complementary Index
- Journal :
- Community Mental Health Journal
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 175021942
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s10597-023-01183-1