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The list below contains links to selected readings on cultural competence in mental health. Each publication contains information on characteristics of and treatment for specific racial, ethnic, and cultural groups...

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"Dreaming Against the Odds" by Anne Hull
Washington post article on the experience of Latino immigrants in the public school system
SAMHSA guide to mental health services with four underserved groups
Culture, Race, & Ethnicity
A Supplement to Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General

Assuring Cultural Competence in Health Care
--Office of Minority Health Resource Center

Notes from a Roundtable on Conceptualizing and Measuring Cultural Competence

National Technical Assistance Center for State Mental Health Planning

Publications for specific groups:

Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Asian Americans

African Americans

Latinos

Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender

Article on clinical issues in working with Deaf/Hard of Hearing clients, published in The Community Psychologist, 2002, 35(3):

Integrating Community-Clinical Approaches for Serving the
Deaf and Hard of Hearing: A Model for Psychological Services for Culturally Isolated Populations
A partnership between Georgia Department of Human Resources and the Departments of Anthropology and Psychology at Georgia State University