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ReviewCureus2020

Further Reduction in Help-Seeking Behaviors Amidst Additional Barriers to Mental Health Treatment in Asian Populations: A Contemporary Review.

Tatsuhiko Naito, Justin Chin, Tae Un Kim, Simrat Veera, Michael Jeannette, Christine M Lomiguen

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Review in Cureus, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
7citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 19% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

7 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 11 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Incidence, risk factors and outcomes of persistent post-concussion symptoms in Singaporean school-going children.Child's nervous system : ChNS : official journal of the International Society for Pediatric Neurosurgery · 2026
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  4. ADHD help-seeking attitudes of Asian Americans.Frontiers in child and adolescent psychiatry · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tatsuhiko NaitoPsychiatry, Nuvance Health, Carmel Hamlet, USA.
Justin ChinMedical Education, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, Erie, USA.
Tae Un KimPrimary Care, Touro College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA.
Simrat VeeraPediatrics, Goryeb Children's Hospital - Atlantic Health System, Morristown, USA.
Michael JeannettePsychiatry, Staten Island University Hospital, New York, USA.
Christine M LomiguenPathology, Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, New York, USA.
Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine · USTouro College · US

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Under diagnosis and treatment of mental health illnesses lead to chronic presentations and consequences. Multiple factors contribute to gaps in treatment, including the role culture plays in the development or suppression of help-seeking behaviors (HSBs). In the Asian community, conversation and recognition of mental health and its disorders are considered shameful. This review presents an analysis of literature to identify barriers to mental health treatment pronounced in Asian populations and discusses how culture influences these barriers and treatment-seeking behaviors, particularly in the context of the Asian-origin Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) global pandemic. It is the purpose of this review to discuss Asian American underutilization of mental health services and understand the factors the contribute to psychiatric care resistance in Asian communities.

Indexed as

asianasian americanbarriercommunity mental healthculturehelp seeking behaviorsmental healthmental health literacymental health treatmentpsychiatry and mental health

Identifiers

PMID33329953
PMCPMC7733772
OpenAlexW3100079507

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Registered trials

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