Educating people on mental health
Educating people on mental health
Factors Influencing Utilization of Mental Health Services in South Texas Kehinde Alli Dr. John Johnson December 10, 2021
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Purpose Statement
The purpose of this qualitative descriptive study is to examine how mental health providers describe influencing factors among south Texas residents to utilize or reject mental health services.
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Literature Review: Background to the Problem/Define the Need/Gap
To research and understand the factors affecting decisions not to utilize Mental Health Services
Mental disease stigmatization
Worrying about privacy of their health problem
High expenses of mental health treatment
Causes of the issue
Having no medical care insurance
Being afraid that another individual might know.
Concerns of the mental health facilities failing to meet hygiene standards.
Lower income earnings makes it had to get mental health services
Solving the issue
Stigma reduction
Educating people on mental health
Creation of Awareness
Augsberger, Yeung, Dougher, & Hahm (2015). Analyzed the hidden barriers to accessing care and utilization of mental health for Asian American Women in Southern Texas
Hamilton, Desai, Hoot, Gearing, Jeong, Meyer, & Begley (2016). Reviewed and analyzed how the likelihood of lower hospitalization was associated with the race of African Americans while increasing age was a key predisposing factor in increased likelihood of hospitalization in South Texas.
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Problem Statement
It is not known how mental health providers in South Texas describe the factors that influence utilization of mental health services
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Literature Review: Theoretical Foundations
The theoretical model for the research gap is the Cognitive theory of Psychopathology by Aaron T. Beck. The theory states that individual perception is influenced by positive and negative mental health status (DeYoung & Krueger, 2018).
This model fits directly into the dissertation because it is helpful at describing how individual’s perceptions of situations including spontaneous thoughts on events influence people’s emotional, behavioral, and psychological reactions in relations to mental health services. Furthermore, this theory connects to the study of mental health utilization through the concepts of perception.
According to Steele et al. (2017) the LBGT community’s beliefs about utilizing mental health services conforms to an identity that is not agreed upon. In their view, an individual’s perception grows into the belief that supports non-utilization of mental health services.
DeYoung, C. G., & Krueger, R. F. (2018). A cybernetic theory of psychopathology. Psychological Inquiry, 29(3), 117-138. doi:10.1080/1047840x.2018.1513680
Steele, L. S., Daley, A., Curling, D., Gibson, M. F., Green, D. C., Williams, C. C., & Ross, L. E. (2017). LGBT identity, untreated depression, and unmet need for mental health services by sexual minority women and trans-identified people. Journal of Women’s Health (Larchmont, N.Y. 2002), 26(2), 116-127. doi:10.1089/jwh.2015.5677
