Journal of Undergraduate Research
Keywords
racial biases, psychotherapy treatments, mental health, multicultural counseling
College
David O. McKay School of Education
Department
Counseling Psychology and Special Education
Abstract
For the past several years, the psychology literature has investigated the possibility that mental health services are racially biased. Studies assessing treatment outcomes in multicultural settings have increased over the past few years, with now hundreds of articles comparing treatment outcomes of people of color and whites. Therefore, the purpose of this project was to conduct a meta-analytic examination of recent studies to inform the field of the results accumulating on ethnically sensitive interventions. The first step of this project consisted of locating data to be examined. Thus, in order to identify published and unpublished articles investigating outcomes of multicultural counseling through 2004, complete searches of five CD-ROM databases were conducted: Medline(medicine), PsycInfo (psychology), Sociofile (sociology), CINAHL (nursing), and ERIC (education). Also, reference sections of retrieved studies were analyzed to identify additional studies, and three professionals who have published extensively in the field were consulted to identify unpublished papers and conference presentations.
Recommended Citation
Albino, Denise Spät and Smith, Dr. Timothy Byron
(2013)
"Racial Biases in Psychotherapy Treatments: An Ongoing Meta-Analysis,"
Journal of Undergraduate Research: Vol. 2013:
Iss.
1, Article 25.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/jur/vol2013/iss1/25