Behavioral Health Needs Are Largely Unmet Across the U.S.

Substance use, suicide rates rise for racial and ethnic minority groups, rural Americans

Editor's note: This page was updated on May 24, 2024, to correct a numerical error.

Endnotes

  1. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, “Key Substance Use and Mental Health Indicators in the United States: Results From the 2022 National Survey on Drug Use and Health” (2023), https://www.samhsa.gov/data/report/2022-nsduh-annual-national-report.
  2. Ibid.
  3. R. Wyse et al., “Diversity by Race, Ethnicity, and Sex Within the U.S. Psychiatry Physician Workforce,” Academic Psychiatry 44, no. 5 (2020): 523-30.
  4. R.A. Harris, “Drug Overdose Deaths Among Non-Hispanic Black Men in the U.S.: Age-Specific Projections Through 2025,” AJPM Focus 2, no. 1 (2023).

  5. F. Akkas and A. Corr, “Black Adolescent Suicide Rate Reveals Urgent Need to Address Mental Health Care Barriers,” The Pew Charitable Trusts, April 22, 2024, https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2024/04/22/black-adolescent-suicide-rate-reveals-urgent-need-to-address-mental-health-care-barriers
  6. S. Artiga and N. Panchal, “Gaps in Mental Health Care for Asian and Pacific Islander People and Other People of Color,” Kaiser Family Foundation, February 2, 2023, https://www.kff.org/policy-watch/gaps-in-mental-health-care-for-asian-and-pacific-islander-people-and-other-people-of-color/.
  7. N. Panchal, H. Saunders, and N. Ndugga, “Five Key Findings on Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders by Race/Ethnicity” (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2022), https://www.kff.org/mental-health/issue-brief/five-key-findings-on-mental-health-and-substance-use-disorders-by-race-ethnicity/.
  8. M. De Witte, “Anger and Sadness Soared Following George Floyd’s Death, Particularly Among Black Americans, Stanford Psychologists Find,” Stanford News, September 20, 2021, https://news.stanford.edu/2021/09/20/psychological-toll-george-floyds-murder/.
  9. S. Artiga et al., “Asian Immigrant Experiences With Racism, Immigration-Related Fears, and the Covid-19 Pandemic” (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2021), https://www.kff.org/report-section/asian-immigrant-experiences-with-racism-immigration-related-fears-and-the-covid-19-pandemic-findings/.
  10. T. Velázquez, “Most U.S. Adults Remain Unaware of 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline,” The Pew Charitable Trusts, May 23, 2023, https://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/articles/2023/05/23/most-us-adults-remain-unaware-of-988-suicide-and-crisis-lifeline.'
  11. J.T. McDaniel et al., “Alcohol Screening and Brief Intervention Among Military Service Members and Veterans: Rural-Urban Disparities,” BMJ Military Health 168, no. 3 (2022): 186-91.
  12. J. Winton, “Confronting Mental Health Challenges in Rural America,” NAMI Blog (blog), National Alliance on Mental Illness, November 17, 2022, https://www.nami.org/Blogs/NAMI-Blog/November-2022/Confronting-Mental-Health-Challenges-in-Rural-America.
  13. C.H.A. Andrilla et al., “Geographic Variation in the Supply of Selected Behavioral Health Providers,” American Journal of Preventive Medicine 54, no. 6 Suppl 3 (2018): S199-S207.
  14. G. Sparks et al., “KFF Tracking Poll July 2023: Substance Use Crisis and Accessing Treatment” (Kaiser Family Foundation, 2023), https://www.kff.org/other/poll-finding/kff-tracking-poll-july-2023-substance-use-crisis-and-accessing-treatment/.

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