Cultural mistrust of white mental health clinicians among African Americans with severe mental illness.
This study examined the association between cultural mistrust and beliefs about white mental health clinicians among African-American patients recently admitted to a psychiatric hospital. Self-report and clinician-rated measures of cultural mistrust predicted patients' beliefs about white mental health clinicians. Implications for mental health services to African Americans are discussed.
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Department of Social Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.
D000328:Adult; D001741:Black or African American / Q000523:psychology*; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D005260:Female; D006282:Health Personnel; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology*; D008605:Mental Health Services; D011287:Prejudice; D011369:Professional-Patient Relations; D044465:White People