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Comparative Study
. 2005 Jun;56(6):746-8.
doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.6.746.

Use of mental health services by Asian Americans

Rose M Barreto  1 , Steven P Segal
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Comparative Study

Use of mental health services by Asian Americans

Rose M Barreto et al. Psychiatr Serv. 2005 Jun.

Abstract

This study explored the use of mental health services by Asian Americans and other ethnic populations (N=104,773) in California. The authors used linear regression analyses to assess the role of ethnicity and diagnosis in predicting six-month use of services. East Asians used more services than Southeast Asians, Filipinos, other Asians, Caucasians, African Americans, Latinos, and Native Americans, even when severity of illness was taken into account. The findings suggest that aggregating Asian subpopulations into a single group in services research is no longer appropriate. Attention needs to be placed on the needs of Southeast Asians and other Asians, whose service use patterns approximate those of the traditionally most underserved groups, African Americans and Latinos.

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  • Service use by Asian Americans.
    Sevilla BJ. Sevilla BJ. Psychiatr Serv. 2005 Oct;56(10):1314; author reply 1314-5. doi: 10.1176/appi.ps.56.10.1314. Psychiatr Serv. 2005. PMID: 16215205 No abstract available.

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