Publications by authors named "J A Breslau"
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View Article and Find Full Text PDFImportance: Telehealth services expanded rapidly during the COVID-19 public health emergency (PHE).
Objective: To evaluate changes in availability of telehealth services at outpatient mental health treatment facilities (MHTFs) throughout the US during and after the COVID-19 PHE.
Design, Setting, And Participants: In this cohort study, callers posing as prospective clients contacted a random sample of 1404 MHTFs drawn from the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration's Behavioral Health Treatment Locator from December 2022 to March 2023 (wave 1 [W1]; during PHE).
Background: Despite having higher exposure to stressors, many ethno-racial groups report similar or lower prevalence of clinical depression and anxiety compared to their White counterparts, despite experiencing greater psychosocial risk factors for poor mental health outcomes, thus presenting an epidemiological paradox. Ethno-racial differences in impairment, a diagnostic criterion, may in part explain this paradox.
Methods: We analyzed data from the Healthy Minds Study (2020-2021) and using survey-weighted linear mixed effects models, we tested whether there were ethno-racial differences in impairment across multiple ethno-racial groups at various levels of severity for anxiety and depression.
Poverty and birth cohort effects of experiencing the 2007-2009 Great Recession during adolescence on major depressive episodes and mental health treatment of young adults in the United States.
Soc Psychiatry Psychiatr Epidemiol
November 2024
Article Synopsis
- A study looked at how going through the Great Recession from 2007 to 2009 affects young people's mental health later on, especially those who were teenagers at the time.
- Researchers found that teens who experienced the recession were more likely to suffer from major depression as young adults, especially if they came from wealthier families.
- The study shows that growing up during tough economic times can lead to mental health issues, but it's unclear if money problems alone are the reason.