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Substance Abuse Treatment: Culture and Barriers in the Asian-American Community

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Pages 61-71 | Published online: 20 Jan 2012

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I. Flaherty & C. Donato-Hunt. (2012) Cultural and family contexts for help seeking among clients with cannabis, other drug and mental health issues. Mental Health and Substance Use 5:4, pages 328-341.
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Elizabeth Evans, Jennifer Pierce, Libo Li, Richard Rawson & Yih-Ing Hser. (2012) More Alike than Different: Health Needs, Services Utilization, and Outcomes of Asian American and Pacific Islander (AAPI) Populations Treated for Substance Use Disorders. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 11:4, pages 318-338.
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SIU-MING KWOK & DORA MEI-YING TAM. (2004) Delinquency of Asian Youth in Canada. Asia Pacific Journal of Social Work and Development 14:2, pages 5-18.
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Maryann Amodeo, Sonith Peou, Dorcas Grigg-Saito, Heidi Berke, Saly Pin-Riebe & L. Kay Jones. (2004) Providing Culturally Specific Substance Abuse Services in Refugee and Immigrant Communities: Lessons from a Cambodian Treatment and Demonstration Project. Journal of Social Work Practice in the Addictions 4:3, pages 23-46.
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Mo Yee Lee, PhyllisF. M. Law & Eunjoo Eo. (2004) Perception of Substance Use Problems in Asian American Communities by Chinese, Indian, Korean, and Vietnamese Populations. Journal of Ethnicity in Substance Abuse 2:3, pages 1-29.
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Jennifer B. Unger, Lourdes Baezconde-Garbanati, Sohaila Shakib, Paula H. Palmer, Elahe Nezami & Juana Mora. (2004) A Cultural Psychology Approach to “Drug Abuse” Prevention. Substance Use & Misuse 39:10-12, pages 1779-1820.
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Sun-Kyung Shin & E. Miles Hutton. (2003) Working with Korean Immigrant Alcohol Abusing Clients. Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services 1:2, pages 1-19.
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Mo Yee Lee, Fang Mei Law, Eunjoo Eo & Elizabeth Oliver. (2002) Perception of Substance Use Problems in Asian American Communities by Chinese, Indian, and Vietnamese American Youth. Journal of Ethnic & Cultural Diversity in Social Work 11:3-4, pages 159-189.
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Karim Dar, Zubair A. Chaudhry, Ilyas Mirza & Farrukh Alam. (2002) Ethnicity, patterns of substance misuse and criminality: a comparative study of White and Asian patient populations in West London. Journal of Substance Use 7:4, pages 244-250.
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William H. James, Grace K. Kim & David D. Moore. (1997) Examining Racial and Ethnic Differences in Asian Adolescent Drug Use: The contributions of culture, background and lifestyle. Drugs: Education, Prevention and Policy 4:1, pages 39-51.
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