Yw. Ying et Lt. Hu, PUBLIC OUTPATIENT MENTAL-HEALTH-SERVICES - USE AND OUTCOME AMONG ASIAN-AMERICANS, American journal of orthopsychiatry, 64(3), 1994, pp. 448-455
Use of public outpatient mental health services and treatment outcomes
were studied among Chinese, Japanese, Filipino, Korean, and Southeast
-Asian Americans in Los Angeles County. Filipinos were underrepresente
d in the system, whereas Southeast Asians were overrepresented and had
higher utilization rates, but showed less improvement, than did the o
ther groups. The influence of therapist-client ethnic match and of cli
nicians' professional status were assessed, and recommendations are ma
de for further research based on present findings.