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Lonnie R. Snowden
Researcher at University of California, Berkeley
Publications - 180
Citations - 8173
Lonnie R. Snowden is an academic researcher from University of California, Berkeley. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Public health. The author has an hindex of 45, co-authored 173 publications receiving 7612 citations. Previous affiliations of Lonnie R. Snowden include The Catholic University of America & University of Minnesota.
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Racial/Ethnic Disparities in the Use of Mental Health Services in Poverty Areas
TL;DR: Residence in a poverty neighborhood moderates the relationship between race/ethnicity and mental health service access and use and is a key to understanding racial/ethnic disparities in the use of mental health services.
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Use of inpatient mental health services by members of ethnic minority groups.
TL;DR: This article found that ethnic-related differences in socioeconomic standing and in the prevalence of major psychopathology, differential stigma, or capacity to tolerate or support a dysfunctional significant other; access and use of alternative services; and bias in the behavior of gatekeepers, especially practitioners assigning diagnostic labels and making involuntary commitment decisions.
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Barriers to effective mental health services for African Americans.
TL;DR: More should be learned about differences in need according to location, social standing, and cultural orientation so as to identify treatments and programs that are especially beneficial to African Americans.
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Bias in Mental Health Assessment and Intervention: Theory and Evidence
TL;DR: More research is needed to isolate bias from other barriers to high-quality mental health care and to understand bias at several levels (practitioner, practice network or program, and community).
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Access to Mental Health Treatment by English Language Proficiency and Race/Ethnicity
TL;DR: Non-English speaking individuals had lower odds of receiving needed services than those who only spoke English, when other factors were controlled, and LEP is associated with lower use of mental health care.