Gender Identity-, Race-, and Ethnicity-Based Discrimination in Access to Mental Health Care.

ABSTRACT: Racial, ethnic, and gender minorities face mental health disparities. While mental health care can help, minorities could face discriminatory barriers in accessing it. Discrimination may be particularly pronounced in mental health care because providers have more discretion over accepting patients. Research documents discrimination, including in access to health care, but there is limited empirical research on discrimination in access to mental health care. We provide the first experimental evidence, from an audit ("simulated patients") study, of the extent to which transgender and non-binary people, African Americans, and Hispanics face discrimination in access to mental health care appointments. We find significant discrimination against transgender or non-binary African Americans and Hi

SUBMITTER: Fumarco L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12547971 | biostudies-literature | 2024

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature