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Asian American Mental Health Clients: Effects of Ethnic Match and Age on Global Assessment and Visitation
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Asian American Mental Health Clients: Effects of Ethnic Match and Age on Global Assessment and Visitation

Glenn Gamst, Richard H Dana, Aghop Der-Karabetian and Terry Kramer
Journal of mental health counseling, Vol.23(1), pp.57-57
2001

Abstract

Age Differences Client Characteristics (Human Services) Counselor Attitudes Counselor Client Relationship Cultural Influences Mental Health Workers Asian Americans
Investigates effects of client-counselor ethnic match and client age group on counselor-evaluated Global Assessment of Function (GAF) and visitation. The sample consisted of 253 Asian-American outpatient clients of a community mental health center. Results reveal that ethnically matched clients had more positive GAF evaluations and more clinic visits than nonmatched clients. (Contains 27 references and 5 tables.) (Author/GCP)

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