Skip to main content
Article
Ethnic Match and Treatment Outcomes for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center Clients
Journal of Counseling & Development (2004)
  • Richard H. Dana, Portland State University
  • Glenn Gamst
  • Aghop Der-Karabetian
  • Terry Kramer
Abstract

This study investigated the effects of client ethnicity and client-counselor ethnic match on treatment outcomes (i.e., GAF-difference [from the Global Assessment of Functioning Axis V rating of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, fourth edition, American Psychiatric Association, 1994] and client visitation) of 1,946 child and adolescent community mental health center clients. After controlling for 7 other variables, no differences were observed after adjustment among client ethnicities, age groups, or ethnic match on the GAF-difference dependent measure. Ethnically matched African American child and adolescent clients had fewer mental health visits than did their nonmatched counterparts. Implications of these findings are discussed.

Keywords
  • Counselor and client -- Ethnic -- Resemblance
Publication Date
2004
Citation Information
Richard H. Dana, Glenn Gamst, Aghop Der-Karabetian and Terry Kramer. "Ethnic Match and Treatment Outcomes for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Center Clients" Journal of Counseling & Development Vol. 82 Iss. 4 (2004)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/richard_dana/102/