Am J Psychiatry 1978; 135:1525-1529
Copyright © 1978 by American Psychiatric Association
Psychiatric education and training of Asian and Asian-American psychiatrists
N Wong
The Asian and Asian-American physician in a standard psychiatric residency
is faced with discrimination at several levels, as well as special problems
of professional role confusion and personal identity, all of which can
create barriers to professional development and productivity. Further, most
standard psychiatric residencies do not include teaching or supervision
specific to treating Asian patients. The author proposes the establishment
of a specialized program, focusing on ethnic minority groups, within a
general psychiatric residency; he discusses specific features of such a
program. This approach may help to alleviate the problem of inadequate
resources for handling the mental health problems of Asian-Americans and
underutilization of mental health resources by this group.
