10021: Mental Health: Culture, Race, and Ethnicity

About the Course:

Drawing on scientific evidence from a wide-ranging body of empirical research, this Supplement was undertaken to probe more deeply into mental health disparities affecting racial and ethnic minorities.

Author

A Report of the Surgeon General

About the Authors:

This report is a Supplement to the first ever Surgeon General’s Report on Mental Health, Mental Health: A Report of the Surgeon General (U.S. Department of Health and Human Services [DHHS], 1999).

Course Objectives:

1. To document promising directions toward the elimination of mental health disparities and the promotion of mental health

2. To present the evidence on the need for mental health services and the provision of services to meet those needs

3. To understand better the nature and extent of mental health disparities