Effective Psychotherapy for Low-Income and Minority Patients
Effective Psychotherapy for Low-Income and Minority Patients
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针对低收入和少数族裔患者的有效心理治疗
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1982
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S. Wilcox
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F. X. Acosta;J. Yamamoto;L. Evans;S. Wilcox
需要心理治疗的穷人、工人阶级或少数民族通常得不到精神卫生机构的充分服务，而这些机构主要是针对中产阶级或上层阶级以及非少数民族患者的需求（Acosta，1977; Sue，1977; Yamamoto，James，& Palley，1968）。构成精神卫生机构的治疗师往往缺乏有效地与少数群体和亚群体合作所需的知识（总统精神卫生委员会，1978年）。鉴于这种知识的缺乏和种族主义在美国的存在，这并不奇怪，许多心理健康专业人员对少数群体有偏见的态度，这可以表现在直接拒绝或提供不太密集，不感兴趣，不热情的照顾（Lorion，1974）。这些病人将继续得不到充分的服务，直到精神卫生专业人员得到更好的培训，以更有效地处理这些病人的独特问题。
The poor, the working-class, or the minority person who needs psychotherapy is characteristically underserved by mental health establishments, which are primarily geared to the needs of middle- or upper-class and nonminority patients (Acosta, 1977; Sue, 1977; Yamamoto, James, & Palley, 1968). Therapists who make up the mental health establishments often lack the knowledge necessary to work effectively with minority populations and subgroups (President’s Commission on Mental Health, 1978). Given this lack of knowledge and the existence of racism in the United States, it is not surprising that many mental health professionals have prejudicial attitudes to-ward minority groups, which can be manifested either in outright rejection or in the provision of less intensive, less interested, unenthusiastic care (Lorion, 1974). These patients will continue to be underserved until mental health professionals become better trained to deal with the unique problems of these patients more effectively.