title: Disparities in treating culturally diverse children and adolescents.
abstract: This article considers disparities in the psychiatric care of racial and ethnic children and adolescents, with respect to their under-utilization and under-treatment, especially with psychotropic medications. Culturally adapted psychotherapeutic approaches are discussed, as well as the notion of a culturally competent clinician who strives to apply his or her clinical skills while constantly making adjustments to the beliefs, habits, and circumstances of culturally diverse children and their parents, one patient at a time.
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, University of California Davis School of Medicine, Sacramento, CA 95831, USA. rued@sutterhealth.org
authors.forename: David S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Rue
authors.forename: Yuhuan
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xie
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D054521:Cultural Competency; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy*; D044469:Racial Groups / Q000523:psychology