Published In
Journal of Mental Health Counseling
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2001
Subjects
Asian Americans -- Psychology, Therapist and patient -- Social aspects, Psychology -- Research, Mentally ill -- United States
Abstract
Effects of client-counselor ethnic match (i.e., match, no match) and client age group (child, adult) on counselor-evaluated Global Assessment of Function (GAF) and visitation were investigated. The sample consisted of 253 Asian-American outpatient clients (24.9% children 75.1% adults) of a community mental health center. Unadjusted results indicated that ethnically matched clients had more positive GAF evaluations and more clinic visits than nonmatched clients. When adjusted for eight covariates, results showed ethnically matched clients continued to show higher levels of visitation. Analysis of separate diagnostic categories showed that ethnically matched mood-disorder clients had higher levels of visitation. Conversely, nonethnically matched anxiety disorder clients showed higher GAF evaluations than their ethnically matched counterparts. Implications are discussed.
Persistent Identifier
http://archives.pdx.edu/ds/psu/10669
Citation Details
Gamst, G., Dana, R. H., Der-Karabetian, A., & Kramer, T. (2001). Asian American mental health clients: Effects of Ethnic Match and Age on Global Assessment and Visitation. Journal of Mental Health Counseling, 23(1), 57-71.
Description
This is the publisher's version of the article. Permission granted from the American Mental Health Counselors Association (AMHCA).