MH HELP SEEKING BY BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS

这是一项研究种族差异在事实上的心理健康 系统心理健康求助中的种族差异已经在 过去，但很少以全面和严格的方式。 本 这项研究将比其他研究有所改进，因为它的比较将考虑到 l）DSM-III一般精神障碍和躯体化， 特别是; 2）专业心理健康，一般医疗，人类服务， 和自愿帮助来源-事实上的精神卫生系统; 3） 身体和情绪问题; 4）诱发和使 （五）需要大而精， 非裔美国人和白人的社区样本。 本研究的数据来源是流行病学集水区（ECA） 家庭调查方案。 ECA是NIMH赞助的一项研究，旨在 确定特定疾病的发病率和患病率，以及 因此，在全国五个地点的使用模式。

This is a study of racial differences in the de facto mental health system. Racial variation in mental health help-seeking has been studied in the past but rarely in a comprehensive and rigorous way. The present study will improve upon others in that its comparisons will take account of: l) DSM-III psychiatric disorders in general and somatization in particular; 2) specialty mental health, general medical, human services, and voluntary sources of help - the de facto mental health system; 3) physical as well as emotional problems; 4) predisposing and enabling factors as well as need; and 5) the need for large and rigorously drawn community samples of African-Americans and whites. The source of data for the study is the Epidemiologic Catchment Area (ECA) program household survey. The ECA is an NIMH-sponsored study designed to determine the incidence and prevalence of specific disorders, and consequent utilization patterns, at five sites around the country.