TY - JOUR
T1 - Black college students at elevated risk for suicide
T2 - Barriers to mental health service utilization
AU - Busby, Danielle R.
AU - Zheng, Kai
AU - Eisenberg, Daniel
AU - Albucher, Ronald C.
AU - Favorite, Todd
AU - Coryell, William
AU - Pistorello, Jacqueline
AU - King, Cheryl A.
N1 - Funding Information:
Support for this study was provided by a National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) grant, Electronic Bridge to Mental Health for College Students (eBridge; R01 MH103244), and a Research Supplement to Promote Diversity in Health-Related Research (3-R01-MH-103244-04-S2). We acknowledge Rebecca Lindsey, MPH and Kristin Aho MS for contributions to project management and the students who participated in this study. We also acknowledge Taylor McGuire, BS for her administrative assistance.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2019 Taylor & Francis Group, LLC.
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - Objective: To examine differences between Black students who do and do not screen positive for suicide risk; to describe barriers to mental health service utilization (MHSU) among participants with a positive screen and no current MHSU and; to determine if barriers vary by student characteristics. Participants: 1,559 Black students (66% female), ages 18 years and older (M = 21 years, SD = 2.61) recruited from September 2015 to October 2017 across four universities. Method: Participants completed an online survey assessing demographics, suicide risk, MHSU, and barriers to MHSU. Results: Seventeen percent of students screened positive for risk; 66% of these students were not receiving MHS. Students who screened positive were female and younger. Perceived problem severity (74%) was reported most frequently. Conclusions: Efforts to improve MHSU among Black college students at risk for suicide should address students’ awareness of treatable MH problems and time concerns.
AB - Objective: To examine differences between Black students who do and do not screen positive for suicide risk; to describe barriers to mental health service utilization (MHSU) among participants with a positive screen and no current MHSU and; to determine if barriers vary by student characteristics. Participants: 1,559 Black students (66% female), ages 18 years and older (M = 21 years, SD = 2.61) recruited from September 2015 to October 2017 across four universities. Method: Participants completed an online survey assessing demographics, suicide risk, MHSU, and barriers to MHSU. Results: Seventeen percent of students screened positive for risk; 66% of these students were not receiving MHS. Students who screened positive were female and younger. Perceived problem severity (74%) was reported most frequently. Conclusions: Efforts to improve MHSU among Black college students at risk for suicide should address students’ awareness of treatable MH problems and time concerns.
KW - Barriers to care
KW - Black college students
KW - mental health service use
KW - suicide
KW - suicide risk
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U2 - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1674316
DO - 10.1080/07448481.2019.1674316
M3 - Article
C2 - 31662044
AN - SCOPUS:85074857063
SN - 0744-8481
VL - 69
SP - 308
EP - 314
JO - Journal of American College Health
JF - Journal of American College Health
IS - 3
ER -