Greeno, Catherine and Jones, Nev
(2023)
Unpacking racial disparities in the involuntary psychiatric commitment of youth and young adults in Allegheny County.
In: Pitt Momentum Fund 2023.
Abstract
An Allegheny County Department of Health report published in 2015 first documented pronounced racial disparities in the involuntary psychiatric commitment (IPC) of youth and young adults in Allegheny County–specifically, Black youth and young adults (YYA) are approximately 2.5 times as likely to experience an involuntary commitment as white YYA. Current county data suggest that disparities have only increased in the years since 2015. Despite the fact that potential harms of IPC are well-documented in the broader literature, IPC in YYA reaming poorly documented and understood, and to our knowledge there have been no subsequent studies addressing racial disparities in any age group. This Momentum Priming Award application proposes a mixed methods pilot study of racial disparities in IPC in YYA in Allegheny county. We will use comprehensive county administrative data available to us under a current DUA that documents IPCs and subsequent mental health services in order to model cross sectional and longitudinal correlates of disparities in YYA involuntary commitments and we will enhance our understanding of the experience of IPV by conducting in-depth interviews with a purposive sample of Black and white YYAs who have experienced IPC and their families.
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Other Centers, Institutes, Offices, or Units > Office of Sponsored Research > Pitt Momentum Fund |
| Date: |
2023 |
| Event Title: |
Pitt Momentum Fund 2023 |
| Event Type: |
Other |
| DOI or Unique Handle: |
10.18117/dzdk-q951 |
| Schools and Programs: |
School of Social Work > Social Work |
| Refereed: |
No |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: |
Priming Grants - Social Sciences, which includes Business, Policy, Law, Education, Informatics, and Social Work |
| Other ID: |
6323 |
| Additional Information: |
Poster to be added by March 1, 2023. |
| Date Deposited: |
15 Feb 2023 22:17 |
| Last Modified: |
22 Sep 2023 17:11 |
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http://d-scholarship.pitt.edu/id/eprint/44174 |
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