Developing Culturally Appropriate, Evidence-Based Treatments for Interventions with Ethnic Minority Populations

Authors

Melanie M. Domenech-Rodriguez, Utah State UniversityFollow
Elizabeth Wieling

Document Type

Contribution to Book

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Voices of Color: First Person Accounts of Ethnic Minority Therapists

Publisher

SAGE Publications

Publication Date

2005

First Page

313

Last Page

333

Abstract

There is a lack of conceptual, theoretical, and methodological frameworks that appropriately position families and communities of color within a historical, political, and socioeconomic context that accounts for their experiences. This has led to gross disparities in mental health services. The neglect of families of color - whether or not it is overt - has contributed to the perpetuation of misunderstandings, oppressive attitudes, and, ultimately, poorly designed programs of intervention and psychotherapy. Historically, race, culture, and ethnicity have not been seriously addressed in clinical and scientific literature.

Comments

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Recommended Citation

Domenech-Rodríguez, M., & Wieling, E. (2004). Developing culturally appropriate evidence based treatments for interventions with ethnic minority populations. In M. Rastogi & E. Wieling (Eds.), Voices of color: First person accounts of ethnic minority therapists (pp. 313-333). Thousand Oaks: Sage Publications.