title: Factors that influence the diagnoses of Asian Americans in mental health: an exploration.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  This 10-year review of Asian Americans focuses on factors that impede adequate psychiatric diagnosis and treatment.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Asian Americans are the fastest growing ethnic group in the United States, with a high prevalence of domestic violence, alcohol abuse, and significant distress. However, Asian Americans consistently underutilize mental health services because of stigma, misconceptions of Western treatment, and cultural interpretations of mental health problems.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Knowledge of the diversity of the Asian American population and an understanding of cultural interpretations of psychiatry will better prepare clinicians to treat and engage these patients.
authors.affiliation: Bridge, Inc., New York, New York, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kwok
mesh_terms: D000069:Acculturation; D001213:Asian / Q000523:psychology; D005190:Family / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000628:therapy; D008603:Mental Health; D008605:Mental Health Services / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D019222:Mind-Body Relations, Metaphysical / Q000502:physiology; D008913:Minority Groups / Q000523:psychology; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology; D057545:Social Stigma; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education; D014481:United States
keywords: Asian American mental health; Asian Americans psychiatry; model minority