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22 - Cultural Diversity and Mental Health Treatment

from Part III - Mental Health Systems and Policy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Teresa L. Scheid
Affiliation:
University of North Carolina, Charlotte
Tony N. Brown
Affiliation:
Vanderbilt University, Tennessee
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This chapter examines some attempts by service providers and researchers to examine cultural issues in the treatment of ethnic minorities who have mental health problems. It begins with a review of interventions for ethnic minorities, what the empirical research suggests about these interventions, and some direction for future research. Rates of mental disorders have been generally used to indicate the need for professional care. Treatment studies tend to show that some ethnic minorities like African Americans are overrepresented in mental health facilities and other groups like Asian Americans are under represented. Empirical studies have found that ethnic, language, and cognitive match are related to a decrease in the dropout rate and an increase in utilization of services by ethnic minorities. The chapter concludes with a discussion about the perspectives that shape views about culture and mental health treatment.
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A Handbook for the Study of Mental Health
Social Contexts, Theories, and Systems
, pp. 439 - 460
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Print publication year: 2009

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