User:Taylorpace13/Mental health inequality

What I'm adding:
- Disparities in accessing and quality of mental health care:


 * Paragraph one: This is due to the fact that minority groups are more likely to use different sources of care due to insurance discrepancies and costs. More specifically, African Americans are more likely to use emergency services or alternative treatments instead of going to a specialized physician for mental health issues.
 * Paragraph two: In fact, in the 12 months leading up to 2010, the prevalence of psychiatric disorders were 15% in African Americans and 16% for Hispanics, but 21% of non-Hispanic whites . Despite this, African Americans and Hispanics are more likely to be diagnosed with an affective disorder than white individuals.

- Socioeconomic:


 * New paragraph: When looking at socioeconomic statuses, it is important to look into the discrepancies that homeless individuals face pertaining to mental health. Most, if not all, homeless individuals live in poverty, which as stated before, causes them to have less access to proper mental healthcare or health insurance. At least one-third of homeless individuals report one or more psychiatric illness, which is mostly due to the abuse of drugs or alcohol. Furthermore, the stress from previous mental health problems and economic instability, tend to become worse once an individual becomes homeless. This results in other mental health problems arising such as schizophrenia, suicidal ideation, paranoia, and psychosis. Due to homeless individuals not having any economic independence, they tend to lack adequate care from mental health specialists and this causes them to be put in unsafe conditions or situations.

- Ethnic and racial:


 * Paragraph one: In fact, compared to white populations, minority groups tend to have lower rates of access to quality care, but still have a greater amount of disabilities that pertain to mental health.
 * Paragraph three: Black individuals in this country still face discrimination, and this discrimination has a more negative impact on mental health than physical health because it leads to feelings of social isolation and negative emotions.
 * Last paragraph: For example, many psychiatrists and mental health specialist fail to realize that minority races who are discriminated against face "higher rates of PTSD, major depressive disorder, and generalized anxiety disorder" than those who receive little to no discrimination.

- LGBTQ+:


 * Paragraph one: In fact, a 2017 study found that states who had same-sex marriage laws that were supportive, had lower rates of suicide among adolescents.
 * Paragraph two: When Covid-19 hit the US, many people used social media to communicate. Although it was good for the majority of the population to still find connection, LGBTQ+ youth and emerging adults were beginning to experience higher rates of mental health issues due to social disconnection and cyber-bullying.
 * Paragraph three : This was especially hard during Covid-19 because many LGBTQ+ members felt a tremendous amount of stress due to the isolation they felt from not disclosing their identity to their family.