Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Psychiatric Traits and Diagnoses within a Community-based Sample of Children and Youth

CONCLUSIONS: These results suggest a discrepancy between trait levels of OCD, ADHD and anxiety and rates of diagnoses for East Asian and South Asian youth. This discrepancy may be due to increased barriers for ethnically diverse youth to access mental health care. Efforts to understand and mitigate these barriers in Canada are needed.PMID:38425291 | DOI:10.1177/07067437241233936

Source: Canadian Journal of Psychiatry - March 1, 2024 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Andrew Dissanayake Annie Dupuis Christie L Burton Noam Soreni Paul Peters Amy Gajaria Paul D Arnold Russell Schachar Jennifer Crosbie Source Type: research