By Cedars-Sinai, Photo: screenshot from article, NewsWise, July 19, 2023
People belonging to racial and ethnic minority groups are less likely than white people to receive mental healthcare.
Anna Solt, MD, a Cedars-Sinai psychiatrist, said that reduced access to mental healthcare, cultural stigmas and even stereotypical beliefs within a culture can cause barriers to mental health treatment.
“There are stereotypes within Hispanic communities, for example—women are seen as being dramatic and often anxious or nervous, and for men, it’s normal to have a temper or be irritable—that doctors sometimes buy into. But these can be symptoms of mental illness that tend to be overlooked,” said Solt.
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