Recognition of ethnic/racial disparities in mental health services has not directly resulted in
the development of culturally responsive psychosocial interventions. There remains a …

Persistent racial and ethnic disparities in access and utilization of behavioral health services
have highlighted the need for cultural competence among providers. In response, many …

Why is it so difficult to provide quality mental health care for multicultural populations? How
can quality care be achieved? Understanding Cultural Identity in Intervention and …

In 1997, Maryland implemented a new managed care mental health system. Consumer
satisfaction, evaluation and cultural competency were considered high priorities for the new …

Racial and ethnic minorities in the United States are less likely to receive treatment for
psychiatric disorders than are White Americans. For two decades, clinicians and researchers …

The concept of culture as an analytic concept has increasingly been questioned by social
scientists, just as health care institutions and clinicians have increasingly routinized …

An assessment-intervention model was designed to illustrate how assessment research and
practice can move in the direction of cultural competence. This model was initially proposed …

Open Forum nicity, culture, or language proficiency”(7). Likewise,“the idea of cultural
competency is an explicit statement that one-size-fits-all health care cannot meet the needs …

This article highlights institutional inequalities and cultural insensitivities that contribute to
African American underutilization of mental health care service systems. The paper …

The need for cultural competence and the need for evidence-based practice in mental
health services are major issues in contemporary discourse, especially in the psychological …