Health care providers must recognize the importance of multicultural training in any effective
diagnostic, treatment, or prevention service for substance abuse among adolescents …

The Institute of Medicine has identified that racial and ethnic minority youth experience
significant barriers to behavioral health treatment and receive lower quality services than …

This study examined racial and ethnic differences in admissions to substance abuse
treatment and in the referral source in admissions to treatment. The 2012 Treatment Episode …

Adolescence, a developmental period of physical and psychological changes, marks the
commencement of greater independence, increased experimentation, and risk taking …

Despite a strong and growing presence within the United States, there is a history of health
disparities for Hispanic populations. These issues have been even more pronounced for …

OBJECTIVE: This study examined differences in treatment rates for substance use disorders
(SUD) among adolescents of white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Native American/Alaska Native …

Even so, drug research specifically targeting minority youth is lacking and drug prevention
programs developed for mainstream youth have had little impact on minority youth. Lack of …

This chapter presents a cultural perspective regarding prevention and treatment against the
use and abuse of alcohol and illegal drugs as this occurs among persons from the major …

Despite evidence of ethnic differences in substance use patterns among adolescents in
community samples, clinical studies have not found ethnic differences in posttreatment …

This study examines disparities in co-occurring mental health and substance use problems
by race/ethnicity to inform the development of culturally appropriate treatment approaches …