TY - JOUR
T1 - Black college students at elevated risk for suicide
T2 - Barriers to mental health service utilization
AU - Busby, Danielle R.
AU - Zheng, Kai
AU - Eisenberg, Daniel
AU - Albucher, Ronald C.
AU - Favorite, Todd
AU - Coryell, William
AU - Pistorello, Jacqueline
AU - King, Cheryl A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: To examine differences between Black students who do and do not screen positive for suicide risk; to describe barriers to mental health service utilization (MHSU) among participants with a positive screen and no current MHSU and; to determine if barriers vary by student characteristics. Participants: 1,559 Black students (66% female), ages 18 years and older (M = 21 years, SD = 2.61) recruited from September 2015 to October 2017 across four universities. Method: Participants completed an online survey assessing demographics, suicide risk, MHSU, and barriers to MHSU. Results: Seventeen percent of students screened positive for risk; 66% of these students were not receiving MHS. Students who screened positive were female and younger. Perceived problem severity (74%) was reported most frequently. Conclusions: Efforts to improve MHSU among Black college students at risk for suicide should address students’ awareness of treatable MH problems and time concerns.
AB - Objective: To examine differences between Black students who do and do not screen positive for suicide risk; to describe barriers to mental health service utilization (MHSU) among participants with a positive screen and no current MHSU and; to determine if barriers vary by student characteristics. Participants: 1,559 Black students (66% female), ages 18 years and older (M = 21 years, SD = 2.61) recruited from September 2015 to October 2017 across four universities. Method: Participants completed an online survey assessing demographics, suicide risk, MHSU, and barriers to MHSU. Results: Seventeen percent of students screened positive for risk; 66% of these students were not receiving MHS. Students who screened positive were female and younger. Perceived problem severity (74%) was reported most frequently. Conclusions: Efforts to improve MHSU among Black college students at risk for suicide should address students’ awareness of treatable MH problems and time concerns.
KW - Barriers to care
KW - Black college students
KW - mental health service use
KW - suicide
KW - suicide risk
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1674316
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1674316
M3 - Article
C2 - 31662044
AN - SCOPUS:85074857063
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 69
SP - 308
EP - 314
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 3
ER -