The Practice of Evidence-Based Treatments in Ethnic Minority Youth

The Effectiveness of Cultural Adjustment and Trauma Services (CATS): Generating Practice‐Based Evidence on a Comprehensive, School‐Based Mental Health Intervention for Immigrant Youth

“…Tensions between adapting structured interventions and implementing them as designed may be of particular concern to practitioners serving immigrant and ethnic minority groups since few evidence-based interventions have been developed for them, and generalizing evidence collected in large efficacy trials where these populations are underrepresented is problematic (Bernal and Scharron-del-Rio 2001;Kataoka et al 2010). Tensions between adapting structured interventions and implementing them as designed may be of particular concern to practitioners serving immigrant and ethnic minority groups since few evidence-based interventions have been developed for them, and generalizing evidence collected in large efficacy trials where these populations are underrepresented is problematic (Bernal and Scharron-del-Rio 2001;Kataoka et al 2010).…”

“…Therefore, the adaptations made to TF-CBT were consistent with CATS own model of services and prevailing notions of quality health care practice, though perhaps not prevailing conceptions of evidence-based interventions as discrete structured protocols demanding adherence. Tensions between adapting structured interventions and implementing them as designed may be of particular concern to practitioners serving immigrant and ethnic minority groups since few evidence-based interventions have been developed for them, and generalizing evidence collected in large efficacy trials where these populations are underrepresented is problematic (Bernal and Scharron-del-Rio 2001;Kataoka et al 2010). CATS staff handled these tensions by prioritizing consistency with their service model over rigid implementation of TF-CBT, and were able to help students in the process.…”

Preventive Mental Health at School

“…This does not mean that we totally lack evidence-based interventions for ethnic minority populations. We do in fact have some effective interventions for minority population (Kataoka, Novins, & DeCarlo, 2010 ). Huey and Polo ( 2008 ) reviewed the literature and found no well-established treatments for ethnic minority students, although there were "probably" or "possibly" effi cacious interventions for ethnic minority children and adolescents with internalizing or externalizing problems.…”

AACAP Helps Psychiatrists Address Patients’ Cultural Factors

“…In recent years, however, there has been a growing literature evaluating the efficacy of various forms of psychotherapy and community-based interventions in diverse children and youth. 71,84 It is incumbent on clinicians to preferentially utilize EBIs with specific populationbased evidence. Psychotherapeutic interventions demonstrating evidence with diverse populations include cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment of depression in Latinos and African-Americans, 72,85 interpersonal psychotherapy for treatment of depression in Latinos, 85 cognitive behavioral therapy for treatment of anxiety disorders in Latinos, 86 group cognitive behavioral therapy for anxiety disorders in African-Americans, 87 trauma-focused cognitive psychotherapy and peer-mediated treatment for traumatic stress for African-Americans, 88 and manualized family therapy for the treatment of substance abuse for Latinos.…”