Characterizing Mental Health Status and Service Utilization in Chinese Americans With Type 2 Diabetes in New York City: Cross-Sectional Study.

Yun Shi Bei Wu Nadia S Islam Mary Ann Sevick Amanda J Shallcross Natalie Koch Levy Kosuke Tamura Han Bao Ricki Lieu Xinyi Xu Yulin Jiang Lu Hu

Published in: JMIR formative research (2024)

Chinese Americans with T2D experience relatively high comorbid mental health concerns yet have low service utilization. Clinicians may consider team-based care to incorporate mental health screening and identify strategies to provide culturally and linguistically concordant mental health services to engage Chinese Americans with T2D.

Keyphrases

mental health
palliative care
mental illness
healthcare
quality improvement
pain management
chronic pain