2022
Addressing Health Equity and Racism Through a Hispanic Psychiatry Fellowship
Díaz E, Nava LA, Parke S, Silva M, Lu FG, Davidson L, Restrepo-Toro M, Jordan A, Vassallo MG, Mendiola A, Steiner J, Dike C. Addressing Health Equity and Racism Through a Hispanic Psychiatry Fellowship. Psychiatric Services 2022, 73: 1061-1064. PMID: 35414187, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.202100220.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAppropriate mental health servicesMental health servicesInequitable health outcomesRacial-ethnic minority groupsLimited English proficiencyClinical careHealth outcomesHealth servicesClinical modelHealth inequalitiesHealth equitySubstance useBilingual psychiatristsFellowship programsCareYears of implementationFeasibility indicatorsBilingual professionalsPatientsSimilar programs
2018
Understanding Health Disparities Through the Eyes of Community Members: a Structural Competency Education Intervention
Bromage B, Encandela JA, Cranford M, Diaz E, Williamson B, Spell VT, Rohrbaugh RM. Understanding Health Disparities Through the Eyes of Community Members: a Structural Competency Education Intervention. Academic Psychiatry 2018, 43: 244-247. PMID: 29761285, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-018-0937-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2015
How Do Clinicians Prefer Cultural Competence Training? Findings from the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview Field Trial
Aggarwal NK, Lam P, Castillo EG, Weiss MG, Diaz E, Alarcón RD, van Dijk R, Rohlof H, Ndetei DM, Scalco M, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Bassiri K, Deshpande S, Groen S, Jadhav S, Kirmayer LJ, Paralikar V, Westermeyer J, Santos F, Vega-Dienstmaier J, Anez L, Boiler M, Nicasio AV, Lewis-Fernández R. How Do Clinicians Prefer Cultural Competence Training? Findings from the DSM-5 Cultural Formulation Interview Field Trial. Academic Psychiatry 2015, 40: 584-591. PMID: 26449983, PMCID: PMC4826320, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0429-3.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsFirst administrationCultural competence trainingLogistic regression analysisCultural Formulation InterviewQuality of lifeLogistic regression modelsPatient's symptomsMethods cliniciansStandardized training sessionClinician characteristicsClinician ageOlder cliniciansCliniciansCompetence trainingDemographic characteristicsStudy objectiveRegression analysisMethodThe authorsAdditional yearTraining sessionsTrialsRegression modelsMethod preferenceAgeTraining preferencesNovel Brief Cultural Psychiatry Training for Residents
Díaz E, Armah T, Linse CT, Fiskin A, Jordan A, Hafler J. Novel Brief Cultural Psychiatry Training for Residents. Academic Psychiatry 2015, 40: 366-368. PMID: 25636254, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0279-z.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2012
Psychiatrist Decision-Making Towards Prescribing Benzodiazepines: The Dilemma with Substance Abusers
Marienfeld CB, Tek E, Diaz E, Schottenfeld R, Chawarski M. Psychiatrist Decision-Making Towards Prescribing Benzodiazepines: The Dilemma with Substance Abusers. Psychiatric Quarterly 2012, 83: 521-529. PMID: 22528141, DOI: 10.1007/s11126-012-9220-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMental health centersPrescribing benzodiazepinesHealth centersPublic mental health centersSubstance abuseCommunity mental health centerUse of benzodiazepinesPercent of responsesOutpatient psychiatristsPatient characteristicsUnknown patientsPatient historyCommon reasonPatient useHistory of abuseBenzodiazepinesIllicit substancesSubstance abusersAnonymous surveyPatientsPsychiatristsPsychiatrists' decisionsAbusePrevious studies