Racial and ethnic differences in mental health service use among adolescents

JAMA Network Open

2025-06-18

(Press-News.org) About The Study: In this cross-sectional study of 23,000 adolescents, members of racial and ethnic minority groups were significantly less likely to access mental health visits or receive psychotropic medications or services in outpatient, telemental health, or school settings compared with white adolescents. These findings highlight the need to improve mental health access for adolescent members of racial and ethnic minority groups.

Corresponding Author: To contact the corresponding author, Yanlei Ma, PhD, email yanleima@hsph.harvard.edu.

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