Objective: Immigrants face stressors unique to the experience of migration that may
exacerbate or cause mental health problems but access care at rates far below the general …

Background: Recognizing and appropriately treating mental health problems among new
immigrants and refugees in primary care poses a challenge because of differences in …

In dyadic interviews, two participants interact in response to open-ended research
questions. There are few precedents for using dyadic interviews as a technique for …

Each edition of a textbook must be as vital, dynamic, and responsive to change as the field it
covers. To remain an effective teaching instrument, it must reflect the development of the …

To examine cultural aspects in social anxiety and social anxiety disorder (SAD), we
reviewed the literature on the prevalence rates, expressions, and treatments of social …

Abstract The US Surgeon General's report Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity—A
Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (US Department of Health …

Background Despite the substantially high prevalence of depression, suicidal ideation and
suicide attempts among Asian American women who are children of immigrants, little is …

Objective: Underutilization of needed mental health services continues to be the major
mental health disparity affecting Asian Americans (Sue, Cheng, Saad, & Chu, 2012). The …

Language barriers pose problems in mental health care for foreign-born individuals in the
United States. Immigrants with psychiatric disorders may be at particular risk but are …

One of the most persistent and troubling health disparities is the underutilization of mental
health services, particularly for depression and anxiety, commonly occurring behavioral …