title: Cultural mistrust of white mental health clinicians among African Americans with severe mental illness.
abstract: 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.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social Psychiatry, New York State Psychiatric Institute, New York, USA.
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Whaley
mesh_terms: 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