Mental health burden in a national sample of American Indian and Alaska Native adults: differences between multiple-race and single-race subgroups

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology
Nancy L AsdigianCarol E Kaufman

Abstract

Research on American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) mental health disparities is based largely on either tribal populations or national samples of adults that do not account for multiracial AIANs, even though over 40% of AIANs identify with multiple racial groups. The present investigation extends this research by assessing mental health status in a national sample of multiracial AIAN adults relative to adults who identify exclusively as either AIAN or White. 2012 BRFSS data were used to conduct multinomial logistic regression analyses comparing mental health outcomes among respondents who identified as either AIAN and one or more other races (AIAN-MR), AIAN-Single Race (AIAN-SR), or White-SR. After demographic adjustment, the AIAN-MR group reported a higher lifetime prevalence of diagnosed depressive disorder, more days of poor mental health, and more frequent mental distress compared to both the AIAN-SR and White-SR groups. AIAN-MR individuals also had higher levels of Kessler 6 (K6) non-specific psychological distress compared to White-SR individuals but not AIAN-SR adults. Differences between AIAN-SR and White-SR adults were found in days of poor mental health, frequent mental distress, and total K6 scores. These findings ...Continue Reading

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Mar 20, 2020·Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities·Carol E KaufmanJay H Shore
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