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. 2018 May 23;6(2):53. doi: 10.3390/healthcare6020053

Table 4.

Weighted Percent of African American vs. U.S. and Foreign Born Caribbean Black Men with History of a Lifetime DSM-IV Psychiatric Disorder That Ever Sought Mental Health Services.

DSM-IV Disorder Lifetime DSM-IV Disorders
African American Caribbean Black
U.S. Born U.S. Born Foreign Born
N Weighted % (SE)
Anxiety Disorders
Agoraphobia 27 65.2 (10.9) na 16.5 (3.1)
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder 79 74.1 (5.8) a 99.1 (0.4) b 83.2 (11.0) a,b
Social Phobia 115 52.8 (5.6) 72.1 (16.4) 76.5 (14.1)
General Anxiety Disorder 61 54.4 (8.0) a 96.8 (0.2) b 29.8 (17.2) a
Panic Disorder 47 70.6 (7.6) a 57.7 (37.6) a,b 42.1 (8.3) b
Panic Attack 93 51.0 (3.3) a 58.1 (19.3) a 32.9 (18.7) b
Any Anxiety Disorder 244 57.4 (4.0) 75.9 (12.5) 63.9 (15.6)
Mood Disorders
Major Depressive Disorder 154 56.9 (5.5) 58.9 (25.8) 74.2 (10.6)
Dysthymia 41 65.8 (6.9) 6.1 (7.2) 57.2 (17.9)
Bipolar Disorder I, II 36 63.7 (10.7) 40.7 (19.5) 54.8 (30.4)
Any Mood Disorder 171 57.9 (5.0) 58.4 (25.3) 71.4 (11.1)
Substance Disorders
Alcohol Abuse 85 52.4 (3.5) a,b 71.8 (16.4) a 63.6 (23.4) b
Alcohol Dependence 81 71.1 (6.3) a 97.6 (1.1) a,b 97.4 (2.5) b
Drug Abuse 157 55.2 (5.0) 55.7 (27.5) 79.9 (16.6)
Drug Dependence 64 74.4 (6.5) 86.5 (9.7) 97.5 (3.3)
Any Substance Disorder 283 50.8 (3.5) a,b 71.0 (16.1) a 97.5 (3.3) b
Any of the Above Disorders 504 50.8 (2.7) 66.7 (14.1) 56.4 (17.1)
2 or More of Above Disorders 270 61.3 (3.6) 75.5 (16.0) 81.1 (10.2)

Mood Disorders include Major Depressive Disorder, Dysthymia, Bipolar Disorder I and II Anxiety Disorders include General Anxiety Disorder, Panic Disorder, Agoraphobia, Social Phobia, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Substance Use Disorders include Alcohol Abuse, Alcohol Dependence, Drug Abuse, Drug Dependence. Subscripts indicate pairwise comparison results using multivariate logistic regressions. Groups with different subscripts are significantly different from each other. For example, African American men with a twelve-month mood disorder have higher rates of service utilization compared to foreign born Caribbean Black men (a vs. b). However, both U.S. born Caribbean Black men with a twelve-month mood disorder share a subscript (a or b) with African American and foreign born Caribbean Black men, indicating they had equal rates of mental health service use. No subscript indicates that there are no significant differences in the rate of service utilization across the three groups. N—number of participants that met the criteria for a disorder during the lifetime. Pairwise comparisons of service use between the U.S. and foreign born Caribbean Black men were not estimated due to the small samples. na—Rates of service use could not be estimated because none of the U.S. born Caribbean Black men met the DSM-IV criteria for Agoraphobia during the lifetime. SE—standard error.