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Nina Ballone1, Erica Richards1
1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University, 600 North Wolfe Street, Baltimore, MD 21205, USA.
Abstract:
Racial and ethnic disparities are apparent in many areas of health care. Within mental health, women experience increased rates of some mental health disorders particularly noted within the reproductive life cycle starting at puberty and ending with the menopause transition. Hormone and endocrine processes along with individual vulnerability and various stressors all likely play a major role. Among these women, a disproportionate number are racial and ethnic minorities in the United States. Cultural influences and systemic barriers are explored to provide competent and necessary mental health care for women.
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