Bridging Mental Health and Public Health
- B. DrussD. Satcher
Medicine, Psychology
Preventing chronic disease
- 2010
The articles in this issue of Preventing Chronic Disease cover a spectrum of public health activities, including surveillance, prevention and promotion, and the system and policy context for these proposed changes, and include a mixed report on the mental health surveillance systems available in the United States.
The poor mental health care of Asian Americans.
- F. Lu
Medicine, Psychology
The Western journal of medicine
- 2002
This issue of wjm gives primary care physicians specifictools and methods to approach these tasks with Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders in a culturally sensitive and responsive manner and evidence that stereotypes, bias, and uncertainty on the part of the provider are important factors that contributed to these disparities.
FROM THE EDITOR: Introduction of Special Issue on Minority Mental Health
- S. Thomas
Psychology
Issues in mental health nursing
- 2009
It is regrettable that no papers on Hispanic mental health or Native American mental health were submitted during the time frame for this special issue, and it appears that Asians are hospitalized only after they are exhibiting more severe symptoms of mental illness that then create alarm among their family members.
Mental Health of Older Men
- Darrell Hudson
Medicine, Psychology
Annual Review of Gerontology and Geriatrics
- 2018
This chapter begins by providing a general definition of mental health and presenting the general epidemiological data available, noting the lack of currently available data as well as some of the methodological challenges in estimating prevalence ofmental health conditions among older adult men.
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Ethnic characteristics of mental disorders in five U.S. communities.
- A. Y. ZhangL. Snowden
Psychology, Medicine
Cultural diversity & ethnic minority psychology
- 1999
Analysis of the ethnic ratio of 16 DSM-III mental disorders among White, Black, Hispanic, and Asian Americans showed that Blacks were significantly less likely than Whites to have major depressive episode, major depression, dysthymia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, drug and alcohol abuse or dependence, antisocial personality, and anorexia nervosa, but they were significantly more likely to have phobia and somatization.
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Publication Date: 2001
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Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity. A Supplement to "Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General."
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (DHHS/PHS), Rockville, MD. Center for Mental Health Services.
This supplement to "Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General" (1999) documents the existence of striking disparities for minorities in mental health services and the underlying knowledge base. Racial and ethnic minorities have less access to mental health services than whites, and they are less likely to receive needed care. When they receive care, it is more likely to be poor in quality. These disparities have powerful significance for minority groups and for society as a whole. A major finding of this supplement is that racial and ethnic minorities bear a greater burden from unmet mental health needs and thus suffer a greater loss to their overall health and productivity. Chapter 1 provides a detailed introduction to the supplement, and Chapter 2 discusses the influences of culture and society on mental health. Chapters 3 through 6 specifically address mental health care for African Americans, American Indians and Alaska Natives, Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and Hispanic Americans. Chapter 7 outlines a vision for the future and highlights promising courses of action that can be used to reach the ambitious goals of reducing barriers and promoting equal access to effective mental health services for all persons who need them. The report contains two appendixes, one that examines the inclusion of minorities in controlled clinical trials used to develop professional treatment guidelines for major mental disorders, and a detailed resource directory. (Contains over 500 references and an index.) (GCP)
Descriptors: Alaska Natives, American Indians, Asian Americans, Blacks, Cultural Influences, Culture, Ethnicity, Health Promotion, Hispanic Americans, Mental Health, Minority Groups, Pacific Islanders, Public Health, Race, Racial Factors
Knowledge Exchange Network (KEN), P.O. Box 42490, Washington, DC 20015 (Inventory Number SMA-01-3613). Tel: 800-789-2647 (Toll Free); e-mail: . For full text: //www.surgeongeneral.gov/library/mentalhealth/cre/.
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Note: For original report, see ED 441 209. Developed in consultation with the National Institute of Mental Health.