Racial and Gender Disparities in Suicide and Mental Health Care Utilization in a Pediatric Primary Care Setting.

ABSTRACT:

Purpose

We examined racial and gender disparities in the underrecognition of mental health disorders in adolescents and young adults as defined by a suicide-related diagnosis without a previous mental or behavioral health diagnosis.

Methods

We employed a series of adjusted mixed multilevel logistic regression models to determine the odds of specific mental health diagnoses (anxiety, depression, and suicide-related) in a large, U.S. pediatric ambulatory care group (ages 8-20 years) using Electronic Medical Record Data.

Results

Using the reference group of White males, White females had 17% increased odds of having a suicide-related diagnosis (odds ratio (OR) 1.17, 95% confidence intervals (CI) 1.03, 1.34) and Black females had 48% increased odds of suicide-related diag

SUBMITTER: Prichett LM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10842072 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature