In this article, a mental health help-seeking model is offered as a framework for
understanding cultural and contextual factors that affect ethnic minority adolescents' …

Objective: The current paper reviews recent findings regarding how to conceptualize
engagement and factors influencing engagement, treatment attendance rates, and …

In 1987 when Medical Power and Social Knowledge first appeared, medical sociology did
not have a sophisticated or systematic theoretical framework or tradition. Medical sociology …

Background: There have been numerous studies that have shown that offspring of
depressed parents are at a high risk for major depressive disorder (MDD) and impairment …

The last decade has brought important advances in the area of children's mental health,
including a concerted focus on building a scientific base for understanding the mental health …

There has been a resurgence of interest in the rehabilitation of offenders. Research has
consistently shown that rehabilitation programs for offenders, when they adhere to general …

Evidence suggests that the current mental health system is failing in the provision of quality
mental health care for diverse children and families. This paper discusses one critical …

Background Promoting help-seeking for mental health problems can result in improved
treatment rates. For the most impact, social marketing interventions need to be tailored to …

Mental health outcomes in refugee youth are diverse, ranging from prolonged difficulties to
resiliency. Refugee communities rarely access services, even for those youth who are in …

OBJECTIVE: To review the literature on racial and ethnic disparities in behavioral health
services and present recent data, focusing on services for substance use disorders (SUD) …