Mental Health Treatment Involvement and Religious Coping among African American, Hispanic, and White Veterans of the Wars of Iraq and Afghanistan

Table 2

Mental health treatment rate differences by racial/ethnic group.

	Attended?		Total	Treatment rate	Treatment rate Difference (compared to white)
	Yes	No
Any specialty mental health
White	37	41	78	47.4%
African American	15	15	30	50.0%	+2.6%
Hispanic	23	17	40	57.5%	+10.1%
Psychotherapy (individual/group)
White	30	48	78	38.5%
African American	12	18	30	40.0%	+1.5%
Hispanic	19	21	40	47.5%	+9.0%
Medication treatment
White	29	48	77	37.7%
African American	14	16	30	46.7%	+9.0%
Hispanic	19	21	40	47.5%	+9.8%
Religious counseling
White	12	66	78	15.4%
African American	5	25	30	16.7%	+1.3%
Hispanic	4	35	39	10.3%	−5.1%