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Intimate Partner Violence Among South Asian Women During the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of Prevalence and Risk Factors
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Psychometric Evaluation of the Fear of COVID-19 Scale Among Chinese Population
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This study aimed to investigate a one-year course of persistent/remitted depressive symptoms and associated demographic and psychosocial factors that predict persistent/remitted depressive symptoms in Chinese ...
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The Engagement Interview Protocol (EIP): Improving the Acceptance of Mental Health Treatment Among Culturally Diverse Populations
Many patients from diverse cultural backgrounds are unfamiliar with Western psychiatric terminology and have high levels of stigma toward psychiatric illnesses. To enhance communication between clinicians and ...
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The Effects of Tai Chi and Qigong on Anxiety and Depression
Tai Chi and Qigong are self-healing and self-cultivating exercises practiced by the Chinese for thousands of years. While they differ in their origins, both Tai Chi and Qigong involve slow, formalized routines...
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Numerous studies have reported that spending time in nature is associated with the improvement of various health outcomes and well-being. This review evaluated the physical and psychological benefits of a spec...
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Open AccessFactors influencing the underutilization of mental health services among Asian American women with a history of depression and suicide
Despite the substantially high prevalence of depression, suicidal ideation and suicide attempts among Asian American women who are children of immigrants, little is known about the prevalence of mental health ...
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Significant disparities exist in both access to and quality of mental health care for Latino Americans with depression compared to Caucasians, resulting in a greater burden of disability in this underserved po...
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The Short Form version of the Quality of Life Enjoyment and Satisfaction Questionnaire (Q-LES-Q-SF) was designed to measure patients’ subjective experience of enjoyment and satisfaction. However, it had not ye...
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Open AccessA study of a culturally focused psychiatric consultation service for Asian American and Latino American primary care patients with depression
Ethnic minorities with depression are more likely to seek mental health care through primary care providers (PCPs) than mental health specialists. However, both provider and patient-specific challenges exist. ...
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Open AccessA study of the effectiveness of telepsychiatry-based culturally sensitive collaborative treatment of depressed Chinese Americans
Chinese American patients with Major Depressive Disorder (MDD) tend to underutilize mental health services and are more likely to seek help in primary care settings than from mental health specialists. Our tea...
