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Mental health services for Asian Americans and pacific islanders

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Inquiries over the past three decades have shown that ethnic minorities drop out of treatment early and tend to have poorer outcomes in psychotherapy. Despite the widespread acceptance that culturally responsive therapy and programs will produce better treatment outcomes for ethnic minorities, few studies have empirically tested this proposition. This paper reviews two types of interventions, ethnic match and parallel programs, to make the mental health system more responsive to the needs of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.

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  1. School of Social Work, University of Hawaii, Hawaii Hall, 2500 Campus Rd., 96822, Honolulu, HI

    David T. Takeuchi Ph.D.

  2. University of Hawaii, Hawaii, USA

    Noreen Mokuau D.S.W.

  3. University of California, Los Angeles

    Chi-Ah Chun M.A.

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This study was supported in part by the National Research Center on Asian American Mental Health (MH44331) and research grant MH47526.

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Takeuchi, D.T., Mokuau, N. & Chun, CA. Mental health services for Asian Americans and pacific islanders. The Journal of Mental Health Administration 19, 237–245 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02518989

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