TY - JOUR
KW - Biomedical Research
KW - Drug Utilization/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Services Accessibility/statistics & numerical data
KW - Health Services Research
KW - Hispanic Americans/psychology
KW - Humans
KW - Mental Disorders/ethnology/therapy
KW - Mental Health Services/organization & administration/standards
KW - Outcome Assessment (Health Care)
KW - Patient Education as Topic
KW - Primary Health Care/methods
KW - Psychotherapy/statistics & numerical data
KW - Quality Assurance, Health Care
KW - Severity of Illness Index
KW - Time Factors
KW - United States/epidemiology
AU - W. A. Vega
AU - M. Karno
AU - M. Alegria
AU - J. Alvidrez
AU - G. Bernal
AU - M. Escamilla
AU - J. Escobar
AU - P. Guarnaccia
AU - J. Jenkins
AU - A. Kopelowicz
AU - I. T. Lagomasino
AU - R. Lewis-Fernandez
AU - H. Marin
AU - S. Lopez
AU - S. Loue
A1 - 
AB - This article reports on the outcome of an expert consensus meeting in August 2005 sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, which assembled 15 senior researchers with a background in treatment and services research with the Hispanic population. The purpose of the workshop was to identify research issues most pertinent for improving quality and effectiveness of treatment for Hispanics experiencing persistent mental disorders, defined as psychiatric syndromes that are of sufficient severity and duration to cause long-term impairment in social and occupational functioning and significant disability. The spectrum of ideas and recommendations advanced at the one-day meeting was wide and overlapping; therefore, the rich body of material was subsequently organized into five topics: diagnosis, quality of care and culturally appropriate services, psychosocial intervention development, psychopharmacologic interventions, and access to care. Although the authors recognize that the review was broad and the agenda presented is ambitious and in many instances generalizes to priority areas in overall mental health services and treatment research, the recommendations are intended to stimulate research for addressing the unique problems and research deficits that affect Hispanics with persistent mental disorders.
BT - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
CP - 3
CY - United States
DO - 10.1176/appi.ps.58.3.385
IS - 3
JF - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
N2 - This article reports on the outcome of an expert consensus meeting in August 2005 sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, which assembled 15 senior researchers with a background in treatment and services research with the Hispanic population. The purpose of the workshop was to identify research issues most pertinent for improving quality and effectiveness of treatment for Hispanics experiencing persistent mental disorders, defined as psychiatric syndromes that are of sufficient severity and duration to cause long-term impairment in social and occupational functioning and significant disability. The spectrum of ideas and recommendations advanced at the one-day meeting was wide and overlapping; therefore, the rich body of material was subsequently organized into five topics: diagnosis, quality of care and culturally appropriate services, psychosocial intervention development, psychopharmacologic interventions, and access to care. Although the authors recognize that the review was broad and the agenda presented is ambitious and in many instances generalizes to priority areas in overall mental health services and treatment research, the recommendations are intended to stimulate research for addressing the unique problems and research deficits that affect Hispanics with persistent mental disorders.
PP - United States
PY - 2007
SN - 1075-2730; 1075-2730
SP - 385
EP - 394
EP - 
T1 - Research issues for improving treatment of U.S. Hispanics with persistent mental disorders
T2 - Psychiatric services (Washington, D.C.)
TI - Research issues for improving treatment of U.S. Hispanics with persistent mental disorders
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U2 - 17325113
U3 - 10.1176/appi.ps.58.3.385
VL - 58
VO - 1075-2730; 1075-2730
Y1 - 2007
ER -