Theriot Matthew T, Segal Steven P, Cowsert Max J
College of Social Work, The University of Tennessee at Knoxville, 37996-3333, USA.
Community Ment Health J. 2003 Jun;39(3):225-37. doi: 10.1023/a:1023390223253.
This study examined African-Americans' use of comprehensive mental health services. 248 long-term users of self-help agencies (SHAs) were interviewed about their use of 37 different mental health services from various providers in a six-month period. Multiple regression analysis showed that the homeless and African-Americans were the high users in our sample. A subsequent MANOVA procedure suggested that this may be the result of African-Americans' increased use of SHAs. While African-Americans are low service users in traditional studies focusing on a narrow list of services and providers, this research argues for including SHAs in future studies of African-American service use.
本研究调查了非裔美国人对综合心理健康服务的使用情况。对248名自助机构（SHA）的长期使用者进行了访谈，了解他们在六个月内使用来自不同提供者的37种不同心理健康服务的情况。多元回归分析表明，在我们的样本中，无家可归者和非裔美国人是高使用者。随后的多变量方差分析程序表明，这可能是非裔美国人增加使用自助机构的结果。虽然在专注于有限服务和提供者清单的传统研究中，非裔美国人是低服务使用者，但本研究主张在未来关于非裔美国人服务使用的研究中纳入自助机构。
