Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Korean American Immigrants: Moving Toward a Community Partnership Between Religious and Mental Health Services

Korean Americans (KAs) with psychiatric service needs underutilizes the mainstream mental health services in United States (US). Barriers to mental health service access among KAs reflect their unique heritage and culture. More than two-thirds of KAs identify themselves as Christians, and Korean cle...

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Autores principales: Lee, Hochang B., Hanner, Jennifer A., Cho, Seong-Jin, Han, Hae-Ra, Kim, Miyong T.
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2008
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Special Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046403
http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2008.5.1.14
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author Lee, Hochang B.
Hanner, Jennifer A.
Cho, Seong-Jin
Han, Hae-Ra
Kim, Miyong T.
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Hanner, Jennifer A.
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description Korean Americans (KAs) with psychiatric service needs underutilizes the mainstream mental health services in United States (US). Barriers to mental health service access among KAs reflect their unique heritage and culture. More than two-thirds of KAs identify themselves as Christians, and Korean clergy have influential roles in daily lives of vast majority of KAs. By working with the Korean clergy, a small voluntary organization such as the Association of Korean American Psychiatrists could provide invaluable assistance in removing the barriers to mental health services for KAs.
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spelling pubmed-27960912009-12-30 Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Korean American Immigrants: Moving Toward a Community Partnership Between Religious and Mental Health Services Lee, Hochang B. Hanner, Jennifer A. Cho, Seong-Jin Han, Hae-Ra Kim, Miyong T. Psychiatry Investig Special Article Korean Americans (KAs) with psychiatric service needs underutilizes the mainstream mental health services in United States (US). Barriers to mental health service access among KAs reflect their unique heritage and culture. More than two-thirds of KAs identify themselves as Christians, and Korean clergy have influential roles in daily lives of vast majority of KAs. By working with the Korean clergy, a small voluntary organization such as the Association of Korean American Psychiatrists could provide invaluable assistance in removing the barriers to mental health services for KAs. Korean Neuropsychiatric Association 2008-03 2008-03-31 /pmc/articles/PMC2796091/ /pubmed/20046403 http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2008.5.1.14 Text en Copyright © 2008 Official Journal of Korean Neuropsychiatric Association http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/ This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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title_short Improving Access to Mental Health Services for Korean American Immigrants: Moving Toward a Community Partnership Between Religious and Mental Health Services
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url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2796091/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20046403
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