Claudia M Douglas, Laura Richardson, Yolanda N Evans
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Abstract
Purpose of review: Black youth have disproportionately experienced inequities and barriers to care in accessing mental health services. The purpose of this review is to offer a summary of the currently available literature on mental health service utilization by Black youth during the COVID-19 pandemic, compared to prior. A narrative review was conducted in PubMed, Web of Science, psychINFO, and Embase from March 1, 2020 to September 1, 2022, to find studies that examined differences in the utilization of mental health services among Black youth.
Recent findings: Our results found only 3 studies which examined pre and during the COVID-19 mental health utilization rates among Black youth. Among these studies, time period, study design, sample size, race data, and change in mental health utilization were evaluated.
Summary: From these results, we found that Black youth were overall less likely to utilize services for mental health during the pandemic. However, there were also findings that offer insights into innovative strategies to meet the needs of this unique population. As mental health service utilization has decreased and been slower to rebound from the pandemic compared to other health services, additional research on this topic is needed to ensure that the mental health needs of Black youth are being met.
审查目的:黑人青年在获得精神卫生服务方面经历了不成比例的不平等和护理障碍。本综述的目的是对目前可获得的关于黑人青年在COVID-19大流行期间利用精神卫生服务的文献进行总结，并与之前的文献进行比较。2020年3月1日至2022年9月1日，在PubMed、Web of Science、psychINFO和Embase上进行了一项叙述性综述，以寻找调查黑人青年利用心理健康服务差异的研究。最近的发现:我们的研究结果发现，只有3项研究调查了黑人青年在COVID-19之前和期间的心理健康利用率。在这些研究中，评估了时间周期、研究设计、样本量、种族数据和心理健康利用的变化。总结:从这些结果中，我们发现黑人青年在大流行期间总体上不太可能利用心理健康服务。然而，也有一些发现为满足这一独特人群的需求提供了创新策略的见解。由于与其他保健服务相比，精神保健服务的使用率有所下降，而且从大流行中恢复的速度较慢，因此需要对这一主题进行进一步研究，以确保满足黑人青年的精神保健需求。
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