African american families' expectations and intentions for mental health services

Richard Thompson; Barbara L. Dancy; Tisha R A Wiley; Cynthia J. Najdowski; Sylvia P. Perry; Jason Wallis; Yara Mekawi; Kathleen A. Knafl

doi:10.1007/s10488-012-0429-5

African american families' expectations and intentions for mental health services

Richard Thompson^*, Barbara L. Dancy, Tisha R A Wiley, Cynthia J. Najdowski, Sylvia P. Perry, Jason Wallis, Yara Mekawi, Kathleen A. Knafl

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A cross-sectional qualitative descriptive design was used to examine the links among expectations about, experiences with, and intentions toward mental health services. Individual face-to-face interviews were conducted with a purposive sample of 32 African American youth/mothers dyads. Content analysis revealed that positive expectations were linked to positive experiences and intentions, that negative expectations were not consistently linked to negative experiences or intentions, nor were ambivalent expectations linked to ambivalent experiences or intentions. Youth were concerned about privacy breeches and mothers about the harmfulness of psychotropic medication. Addressing these concerns may promote African Americans' engagement in mental health services.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	371-383
Number of pages	13
Journal	Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research
Volume	40
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10488-012-0429-5
State	Published - Sep 2013

Keywords

African American
Expectations
Intentions
Mental health services

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Phychiatric Mental Health
Health Policy
Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health
Psychiatry and Mental health

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