The mental health status of ethnocultural minorities in Ontario and their mental health care.

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dc.contributor.authorGrace, Sherry L.
dc.contributor.authorTan, Yongyao
dc.contributor.authorCribbie, Robert
dc.contributor.authorRitvo, Paul
dc.contributor.authorNguyen, Han
dc.contributor.authorIrvine, Jane
dc.date.accessioned2017-06-26T13:29:02Z
dc.date.available2017-06-26T13:29:02Z
dc.date.issued2016
dc.description.abstractBackground: Mental disorders are a leading cause of disability and early mortality. The objective of this study was to describe and compare psychosocial indicators and mental health service use among ethnoculturally diverse Ontarians. Methods: This is a cross-sectional analysis of the Ontario Health Study pilot investigation. Residents were mailed an invitation to one of 3 assessment centres (urban, rural and northern sites) from March 2009 to July 2010. Participants had an interview with a nurse and completed a questionnaire on a touchscreen kiosk. The questionnaire included sociodemographic items, and scales assessing symptoms of depressive symptoms (CES-D) and anxiety (GAD-7), social support (Lubben Social Network Scale), stressful life events, and mental health service use. Results: Eight thousand two hundred thirty-five residents participated, among whom 6652 (82.4 %) self-reported their ethnocultural background as White, 225 (2.8 %) as South Asian, 222 (2.8 %) East Asian, 214 (2.7 %) Southeast Asian, 197 (2.4 %) Black, and 28 (0.3 %) as Aboriginal. Based on their sociodemographic characteristics, participants from these ethnocultural minority groups were matched to White participants. Black participants reported significantly greater stressful life events than White participants (p = .04), particularly death (p < .05), divorce (p = .002) and financial difficulties (p < .001). East Asian participants reported significantly less social support than their White counterparts (p < .001), and this was not confounded by measurement variance. Mental health service use was significantly lower in all ethnocultural minorities except Aboriginals, when compared to White participants (p = .001). Conclusions: There is a high burden of psychosocial distress in several preponderant ethnocultural minorities in Ontario; many of whom are not accessing available mental health services.en_US
dc.identifier.citationGrace, S.L., Tan, Y., Cribbie, R., Ritvo, P., Nguyen, H., & Irvine, J. (2016). The mental health status of ethnocultural minorities in Ontario and their mental health care. BMC Psychiatry, 16(47), 1-10. doi:10.1186/s12888-016-0759-z.
dc.identifier.uri10.1186/s12888-016-0759-zen_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10315/33242
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherBioMed Centralen_US
dc.rights.articlehttps://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-016-0759-z
dc.rights.journalhttps://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/en_US
dc.titleThe mental health status of ethnocultural minorities in Ontario and their mental health care.
dc.typeArticleen_US

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