SIGNIFICANT INFLUENCE OF PARTICIPATION IN ETHNIC-SPECIFIC PROGRAMS ON CLINICAL-DIAGNOSIS FOR ASIAN-AMERICANS

Asian American clients (N = 1528) in the Los Angeles County mental health system who were seen at ethnic-specific (Asian) clinics by Asian therapists were diagnosed with significantly lower percentages of psychotic disorders and other major psychiatric disorders and significantly higher percentages of nonpsychiatric disorders than were Asian clients who were seen by Asian and white therapists at mainstream clinics.