Department of Psychiatry, Psychiatric Institute, University of Illinois at Chicago, 1601 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60612, USA.
J Addict Dis. 2009 Oct;28(4):281-93. doi: 10.1080/10550880903182952.
Racial and ethnic disparities in alcohol use and alcohol-related problems have been well-documented. Less information is available about possible disparities in outcomes related to mental health services utilization. The differential effect of mental health services use by race on drinking outcomes was examined. Wave 2 of a national population sample of employed adults who reported having at least one alcoholic drink in the past year (N = 1,058) encompassed measures of the prevalence of mental health services use in response to stress, and alcohol-related outcomes. Non-white participants who reported using any mental health services, four or more mental health visits in the past year, and eight or more mental health visits in the past year reported lower rates of problematic drinking behaviors, including frequency of drinking to intoxication, heavy episodic drinking, and modified Brief MAST scores, than whites who reported similar use of mental health services.
种族和民族在饮酒和与酒精相关问题方面的差异已有充分记录。关于与心理健康服务利用相关的结果可能存在差异的信息较少。本研究旨在探讨心理健康服务的使用对不同种族的饮酒结果的差异影响。这项研究对全国范围内的在职成年人进行了两次调查，这些成年人在过去一年中至少喝过一次酒（N=1058），调查内容包括在压力下使用心理健康服务的普遍性以及与酒精相关的结果。与白人相比，报告使用任何心理健康服务、过去一年中进行了 4 次或更多次心理健康就诊以及过去一年中进行了 8 次或更多次心理健康就诊的非白人参与者报告的问题饮酒行为发生率较低，包括饮酒至醉酒的频率、重度饮酒和改良的Brief MAST 评分。
