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Who treats minorities?

C B Turner1, B F Turner

  • 1Psychology Department, University of Massachusetts, Boston 02125-3393, USA.

Cultural Diversity and Mental Health
|January 1, 1996
PubMed
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Psychological service providers from ethnic minority backgrounds serve more minority clients. Cognitive-behavioral and eclectic orientations also correlate with higher ethnic minority client proportions, suggesting a need for more diverse providers.

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Area of Science:

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology
  • Cultural Competence in Mental Health

Background:

  • Understanding the demographics and characteristics of mental health providers serving ethnic minority populations is crucial for equitable care.
  • Previous research has indicated disparities in access and utilization of psychological services among ethnic minority groups.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To examine the characteristics of psychological service providers treating ethnic minority clients.
  • To identify provider attributes associated with serving a higher proportion of ethnic minority clients.

Main Methods:

  • A representative random sample of psychologists from the National Register of Health Service Providers (NR) in 1986 was surveyed.
  • Data collected included provider demographics, theoretical orientation, and the proportion of ethnic minority clients served.

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Main Results:

  • Ethnic minority providers served over twice the proportion of ethnic minority clients compared to non-Latino White providers (24.0% vs. 11.7%).
  • Providers with cognitive-behavioral orientations saw significantly more ethnic minority clients than those with psychodynamic or other orientations.
  • Eclectic providers saw more ethnic minority clients than psychodynamic providers, but not significantly different from other groups.

Conclusions:

  • The findings highlight the need for increased recruitment of ethnic minority psychologists.
  • Encouraging providers with specific theoretical orientations (e.g., cognitive-behavioral) to serve ethnic minority clients may improve access.
  • Further research is needed to understand and address barriers to ethnic minority clients seeking and receiving culturally competent psychological services.