Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Mental Health and Mental Health Care During The COVID-19 Pandemic.

ABSTRACT: During the pandemic, the overall mental health of the US population declined. Given higher rates of COVID-19 infections and deaths experienced by communities of color along with greater exposure to pandemic-related stressors (e.g., unemployment, food insecurity), we expect that the decline in mental health during the pandemic was more pronounced among Black, Hispanic, and Asian adults, with these groups also having less access to mental health services. We examine two nationally representative US surveys: the 2019 National Household Interview Survey (NHIS; N = 30,368) and the 2020-2021 Household Pulse Survey (HPS; N = 1,677,238). We find mental health of Black, Hispanic, and Asian respondents worsened relative to White respondents during the pandemic, with significant increases in depressi

SUBMITTER: Thomeer MB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8939391 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature