Objective: Psychotherapy access, utilization, retention, and effectiveness require continued
improvement, especially for groups for whom availability and outcomes may be currently …

This special issue was born of a series of challenges. As a scholar in the field of cultural
adaptations, Domenech Rodríguez had presented and published numerous works, which …

Black-white disparities in mental healthcare persist, despite efforts to eliminate them via
culturally competent care. To gain insight into how providers implement culturally competent …

This study investigated a new 2-factor construct, termed cultural congruence, which is
related to cultural competence in the delivery of mental health services to ethnic minority …

Health care practitioners are encouraged to “know the cultures” of the multicultural client
population they are serving in the United States. The premise behind this injunction is that …

The movement to establish uniform standards for the identification of empirically supported
treatments (EST) has contributed to an impressive growth in the number of treatments …

Describes an ethnic minority/refugee mental health program in a community mental health
center that serves a small multicultural population. Examples illustrate how staff members …

Mental health practitioners are most effective when their services respond to the client's
lifestyle, cultural and linguistic heritage, and life circumstances. Thus, an essential …

Highlights•Face concern and acculturation level negatively impact client disclosure in
treatment.•Minority clients preferred to be racially/ethnically matched with their …

Health disparities, defined as population-specific differences in the prevalence, onset,
severity of disease, and differential access to health care, is a rising issue in the mental …