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Studies have found that the stigma associated with mental health problems can impact care seeking and participation. Reasons that decrease the likelihood of care seeking include prejudice against people with mental health illnesses as well as just the expectation of prejudice and discrimination for those who seek treatment. [66]
Mental health inequality refers to the differences in the quality, access, and health care different communities and populations receive for mental health services. Globally, the World Health Organization estimates that 350 million people are affected with depressive disorders . [ 1 ]
Mental health encompasses emotional, psychological, and social well-being, influencing cognition, perception, and behavior.According to the World Health Organization (WHO), it is a "state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully, and can contribute to his or her community". [1]
Keep in mind that mental health stigma and access to care can vary among different communities. For example, African Americans and Hispanic Americans utilize mental health services at about one ...
“Stigma and access to appropriate care are the major factors that impact diagnosis and treatment,” says Patel. “Because of the stigma, fear and misperceptions, there is a lot of delay in care.
Obstacles to receiving mental health services among African American youth have been associated with stigma and shame, child-related factors, treatment affordability, availability, and accessibility, clinician and therapeutic factors, the school system, religion/spirituality, and social networks. [1]
This stigma is driven by presumptions that the patient suffering is to blame for their mental disorder, the socioeconomic disadvantages brought by mental illness (e.g., insurance, hiring discrimination [32]), and by health professionals reluctant to diagnose mental disorders due to such stigmatization, leading to a low level of development in ...
For example, evidence from a refugee camp in Jordan suggests that providing mental health care comes with a dilemma: between the clinical desire to make mental health issues visible and actionable through datafication and the need to keep mental health issues hidden and out of the view of the community to avoid stigma.