Do Therapist Cultural Characteristics Influence the Outcome of Substance Abuse Treatment for Spanish-Speaking Adults?

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 199-205

  Suarez Morales, Lourdes ^a   Martino, Steve ^b   Bedregal, Luis ^b   McCabe, Brian E ^a   Cuzmar, Ivette Y ^c   Paris, Manuel ^b   Feaster, Daniel J ^a   Carroll, Kathleen M ^b   Szapocznik, José ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MIAMI MILLER SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

Author keywords

acculturation; cultural match; Hispanic; therapist; treatment

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIRTHPLACE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DRUG DEPENDENCE TREATMENT; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; LINGUISTICS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PSYCHOTHERAPIST; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ACCULTURATION; ADULT; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MOTIVATION; PSYCHOTHERAPY; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77952109981     PISSN: 10999809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/a0016113     Document Type: Article

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