Perceived barriers to mental health and substance use treatment among US childbearing-aged women: NSDUH 2008-2014. Issue 10 (26th November 2021)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Salameh, Taghreed; Hall, Lynne; Crawford, Timothy; Hall, Martin
• Is Part Of: Women & health. Volume 61:Issue 10(2021)
• Page Start: 1007
• Page End: 1015
• Publication Date: 2021-11-26
• Subjects: Mental health treatment -- perceived barriers -- substance use treatment -- trends -- women; Women -- Health and hygiene -- Periodicals; Women -- Health and hygiene -- United States -- Periodicals; Women's health services -- Periodicals; Gynecology -- Periodicals; Women in medicine -- Periodicals; 613.0424405
• DOI: 10.1080/03630242.2021.2003501
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0363-0242

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This study compared and contrasted perceived barriers to mental health and substance use treatment among pregnant and non-pregnant women from 2008–2010 to 2011–2014. A trend study was conducted using secondary data from the National Survey on Drug Use and Health 2008–2014 from a propensity score-matched sample of pregnant ( n = 5, 520) and nonpregnant women ( n = 11, 040) aged 18 to 44 years. The most frequently perceived barriers to mental health treatment among all women ranked similarly in 2008–2010 compared to 2011–2014: cost (45.2% vs. 50.6%), opposition to treatment (41.9% vs. 41.4%), and stigma (28.2% vs. 24.7%). The rank order of barriers to substance use treatment in 2008–2010 among all women was cost (38.7%), stigma (18.2%), and time/transportation limitations (17%), whereas in 2011–2014, stigma ranked first (35.5%), followed by cost (25.9%) and time/transportation limitations (22.2%). In 2011–2014, the women were significantly more likely than women in 2008–2010 to report not knowing where to go (8.2% vs. .9%, p = .003) and a lack of substance use treatment programs (17.7% vs. 3.0%, p = .014). Perceived barriers to mental health treatment did not change overtime; however, there was a decrease in reported availability of substance use treatment programs between 2008–2010 and 2011–2014.