Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications
Abstract
Key Findings
The past year prevalence of serious mental illness (SMI) was significantly higher among non-metropolitan than metropolitan (5.90% vs. 5.18%, P < .03) adults.
Only 67.58% of non-metropolitan and 64.29% of metropolitan adults with SMI received any mental health (MH) treatment in the past year.
Additional analyses revealed the following non-metropolitan/metropolitan treatment differences:
- A higher percentage of non-metropolitan than metropolitan adults with SMI received only medication for MH treatment (24.50% vs. 18.53%, P < .02).
- A higher percentage of metropolitan than non-metropolitan adults with SMI received inpatient, outpatient, and medication (5.42% vs. 2.63%, P < .02).
- A significantly higher percentage of non-metropolitan than metropolitan adults with SMI reported that they did not seek mental health treatment because they had no transportation or treatment was inconvenient (11.57% vs. 6.87%, P < .03).
Publication Date
2-2022
Funding Information
This project was supported by the Federal Office of Rural Health Policy (FORHP), Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) under cooperative agreement # U1CRH30041.
Repository Citation
Borders, Tyrone F. and Williams, Timothy, "Serious Mental Illness and Mental Health Treatment Utilization among Adults Residing in Non-Metropolitan and Metropolitan Counties" (2022). Rural & Underserved Health Research Center Publications. 20.
https://uknowledge.uky.edu/ruhrc_reports/20
Notes/Citation Information
© 2022 Rural & Underserved Health Research Center, University of Kentucky
The information, conclusions and opinions expressed in this document are those of the authors and no endorsement by FORHP, HRSA, HHS, or the University of Kentucky is intended or should be inferred.