ArticleThe American psychologist2021
Implicit organizational bias: Mental health treatment culture and norms as barriers to engaging with diversity.
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- Exploring Issues of Culture in Peer Work - A Qualitative Study.Administration and policy in mental health · 2026Article
- Implicit Bias in Health Professionals: A Scoping Review.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2026Article
- Person-centred suicide prevention: key elements from the perspective of people living with suicidality.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2025Article
- The Role of Interactional Processes in Mental Health Disparities: A Narrative Review of Existing Research and Recommendations for Providers.Journal of clinical psychology in medical settings · 2025Review
- Paternal perinatal mental health support: fathers' perspectives on barriers, facilitators, and preferences.Discover mental health · 2025Article
- Nurses' perceptions of involving family members in the care of mental health care users.Curationis · 2024Article
- System-Centered Care: How Bureaucracy and Racialization Decenter Attempts at Person-Centered Mental Health Care.Clinical psychological science : a journal of the Association for Psychological Science · 2023Article
- Relationship between Perceived Pain Interference and Poor Psychological Wellbeing among United States Adults.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2023Article
- Strengthen and Respect Each Thread.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022Article
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Abstract
There are increased efforts to improve patient-provider relations and engagement within North American mental health systems. However, it is unclear how these innovations impact care for ethnic minorities, a group that continues to face social and health disparities. This study examined one such engagement innovation-person-centered care planning-to gain a better understanding of this overall process. We specifically explored how mental health providers trained in person-centered care planning work with their patients of Latinx and Asian backgrounds. In-depth interviews were conducted with mental health providers in community clinics, and narratives were analyzed via phenomenological methods. Findings revealed that regardless of specific practice innovations, it was providers' own embeddedness in their mental health organizational culture that became conspicuous as a determinant of care. This culture contained implicit preferences for clients considered to be ideal (e.g., are verbal, admit a problem or illness, accept services, and are individually oriented). These clients were experienced as ideal largely because they helped the system operate efficiently. Findings suggest that these organizational norms, preferences, and expectations-and bureaucratic demands for efficiency-may engender an implicit organizational bias that creates barriers for culturally different groups. These biases may also hinder practice innovations, whether patient-centered, disparities-focused, or otherwise. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).
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