TY - JOUR
AU - S. Wong
AU - C. Wan
AU - S. Sust
A1 - 
AB - There has been a persistent underutilization of mental health (MH) services among Asian Americans. Many researchers have attempted to explore possible etiologies and to find more effective solutions for the considerable ethnic disparities in MH. Several studies have found that integrated psychiatry and community health primary care increases treatment engagement and access to specialty MH services for low-income Asian Americans. As a result, integrated care models may serve as a crucial preventative model for proper MH care within this population. By evaluating the data from a primary care clinic, Northeast Medical Services (NEMS), which utilizes the integrated care model to serve a predominantly Asian American population, we hope to determine the impact interprofessional collaboration between primary care physicians and psychiatrists has on patients' MH outcomes. Consequently, this helps inform our understanding of help-seeking pathways that could serve Asian American immigrants in the United States.
AD - Department of Psychiatry, OBH One Brooklyn Health Brookdale Hospital Medical Center, New York, NY, United States.; Department of Psychiatry, Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY, United States.; Department of Psychiatry, Stanford University, Stanford, CA, United States.
AN - 42254392
BT - Front Med (Lausanne)
C5 - Healthcare Disparities
DO - 10.3389/fmed.2026.1686739
DP - NLM
ET - 20260521
JF - Front Med (Lausanne)
LA - eng
N2 - There has been a persistent underutilization of mental health (MH) services among Asian Americans. Many researchers have attempted to explore possible etiologies and to find more effective solutions for the considerable ethnic disparities in MH. Several studies have found that integrated psychiatry and community health primary care increases treatment engagement and access to specialty MH services for low-income Asian Americans. As a result, integrated care models may serve as a crucial preventative model for proper MH care within this population. By evaluating the data from a primary care clinic, Northeast Medical Services (NEMS), which utilizes the integrated care model to serve a predominantly Asian American population, we hope to determine the impact interprofessional collaboration between primary care physicians and psychiatrists has on patients' MH outcomes. Consequently, this helps inform our understanding of help-seeking pathways that could serve Asian American immigrants in the United States.
PY - 2026
SN - 2296-858X (Print); 2296-858x
SP - 1686739
ST - Evaluating the impact of integrated care clinics on Asian American populations' mental health
T1 - Evaluating the impact of integrated care clinics on Asian American populations' mental health
T2 - Front Med (Lausanne)
TI - Evaluating the impact of integrated care clinics on Asian American populations' mental health
U1 - Healthcare Disparities
U3 - 10.3389/fmed.2026.1686739
VL - 13
VO - 2296-858X (Print); 2296-858x
Y1 - 2026
ER -