Online Program

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Collaborative Management to Improve Treatment of Depressed Chinese Americans in Primary Care


Tuesday, November 3, 2015 : 1:30 p.m. - 1:50 p.m.

Albert Yeung, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
In European and North American cultures, depression is a well-accepted psychiatric syndrome characterized by specific affective, cognitive behavioral, and somatic symptoms. In many non-European cultures, including Nigerians, Chinese, and Canadian Eskimos, equivalent concepts of depressive disorders are not found.  Studies exploring illness beliefs of depressed among depressed Chinese Americans with a low degree of acculturation have shown that many of them were unaware of, or unfamiliar with the concept of major depressive disorder (MDD).  The discrepancy of illness beliefs between less acculturated Chinese Americans and their physicians has led to under-recognition and under-treatment of MDD among Chinese Americans.  The Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment (CSCT) was designed to improve recognition, acceptability, and adherence to treatment of depression. It includes systematic depression screening in primary care and culturally sensitive psychiatric assessment.

Learning Areas:

Administer health education strategies, interventions and programs
Diversity and culture
Implementation of health education strategies, interventions and programs
Public health or related research

Learning Objectives:
Explain the background in the development of the Culturally Sensitive Collaborative Treatment (CSCT), and its effectiveness in treating ethnic immigrants with depression in the primary care setting.

Presenting author's disclosure statement:

Qualified on the content I am responsible for because: Dr. Yeung is the recipient of a Career Development Award (2003-2008), and a RO1 ResearchAward, both from the National Institute of Mental Health. He has authored or co-authored more than 50 original articles and book chapters, and a book on self-management of depression. He has presented at numerous scientific meetings.
Any relevant financial relationships? No

I agree to comply with the American Public Health Association Conflict of Interest and Commercial Support Guidelines, and to disclose to the participants any off-label or experimental uses of a commercial product or service discussed in my presentation.