Why Lower Income Mothers Do Not Engage With the Formal Mental Health Care System: Perceived Barriers to Care

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dc.contributor.authorAnderson, Carol M.
dc.contributor.authorRobins, Cynthia S.
dc.contributor.authorGreeno, Catherine G.
dc.contributor.authorCahalane, Helen
dc.contributor.authorCopeland, Valire Carr
dc.contributor.authorAndrews, R. Marc
dc.contributor.authorMorse, Janice M., PhD
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:59:59Z
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:59:59Z
dc.date.issued2006
dc.description.abstractLower income mothers who bring their children for mental health services also have high rates of depression and anxiety, yet few seek help. Maternal and child mental health are intimately intertwined; thus, the distress of both is likely to continue if the mother’s needs are unaddressed. Because mothers overcome numerous instrumental challenges to help their children, the authors identify potential perceptual barriers to mothers’ help seeking. An ethnographic analysis of in-depth qualitative interviews with 127 distressed mothers suggests several critical perceptual factors. For example, mothers attributed their distress to external causes (e.g., poverty, negative life stressors), which they believed individually focused mental health services could not affect. Interviewees also anticipated negative ramifications for seeking care, including being labeled unfit mothers, and thus potentially losing custody of their children. The authors discuss the implications of these and other key themes for engaging lower income mothers and their children.
dc.description.urihttps://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1049732306289224
dc.identifierhttps://doi.org/10.13016/vqtw-9soi
dc.identifier.citationAnderson, Carol M. and Robins, Cynthia S. and Greeno, Catherine G. and Cahalane, Helen and Copeland, Valire Carr and Andrews, R. Marc (2006) Why Lower Income Mothers Do Not Engage With the Formal Mental Health Care System: Perceived Barriers to Care. QUALITATIVE HEALTH RESEARCH,, 16 (7). pp. 926-943.
dc.identifier.otherEprint ID 652
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/22689
dc.subjectHealth Equity
dc.subjectPrenatal & Pediatric Health
dc.subjectMental Health
dc.subjectHealth Risk Factors
dc.subjectStress
dc.subjectResearch
dc.subjectmental health services
dc.subjectperceptual barriers to care
dc.subjecttreatment engagement
dc.titleWhy Lower Income Mothers Do Not Engage With the Formal Mental Health Care System: Perceived Barriers to Care
dc.typeArticle

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