Cultural & Racial Diversity Category

Clinician Descriptions of Communication Strategies to Improve Treatment Engagement by Racial Ethnic Minorities

1.75 CE Hour
178 members have taken this course

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About the Course

Research has shown that individuals in underserved cultural groups can have some reluctance to engage in treatment or can prematurely end treatment based on communication issues between the individual and a medical/psychological provider. This is a systematic review of literature exploring types of communication affecting engagement in mental health settings among minorities. The authors offer recommendations for how clinicians may improve communication with clients from underserved populations to for how clinicians may help prevent these clients from disengaging from behavioral health services.

This course is based on the article, Clinician Descriptions of Communication Strategies to Improve Treatment Engagement by Racial/Ethnic Minorities created by Neil Krishan Aggarwal, M.D. in 2016.

Publication Details

Publication Date: 2016

Course Material Authors

Course Material Authors authored the material only, and were not involved in creating this CE course. They are identified here for your own evaluation of the relevancy of the material this course is based on.

Neil Krishan Aggarwal, M.D.
Neil Krishan Aggarwal is an assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a research psychiatrist at the New York State Psychiatric Institute. His areas of research interest are cultural psychiatry, cultural-competence training, and psychiatric anthropology. He has published multiple books and articles.
Matthew C. Pieh, M.D.
Matthew C. Pieh is a psychiatrist in New York and an assistant professor. He has had two papers published in peer reviewed journals.
Lisa Dixon, M.D., M.P.H.
Lisa Dixon is a Professor of Psychiatry at the Columbia University Medical Center, where she directs the Division of Behavioral Health Services and Policy Research and the Center for Practice Innovations, which goes by CPI, at the New York State Psychiatric Institute.

Course Creator

Sandi Cardaman

Sandi Cardaman has been a Licensed Mental Health Counselor for more than 15 years. She has worked with eating disorders, domestic violence and clients who are working with the dependency system.

Target Audience

Counselors, marriage and family therapists, psychologists and social workers. This course is appropriate for all levels of knowledge.

Learning Objectives

After taking this course, you should be able to:

  1. 1 To describe previous research on communication problems contributing to difficulties with engagement of underserved populations in behavioral health treatment
  2. 2 To describe several categories of problems affecting communication between clients in underserved populations and current providers
  3. 3 To identify several strategies relevant to resolving common communication difficulties between clients in underserved populations and providers

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Planners and Reviewers

The planners of this activity have reported that they have no relevant financial relationships.

Material Authors

Any relevant financial disclosures for course material authors can be found in the article.

Course Creator

Sandi Cardaman – None to report.

Commercial support

There is no commercial support for this distance-learning course.

$15.75

Course Details

1.75 CE Hours
Reading Online
Course 102876

Related Topics

Minorities Cultural Adaptation

Availability

This course is retired. It is no longer available.

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