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Esperanza Diaz, MD

Professor of Psychiatry; Medical Director Hispanic Clinic and Latino Behavioral Health System; Associate Director Psychiatry Residency Program

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Esperanza Diaz, MD

Mailing Address

  • Psychiatry

    300 George St

    New Haven, CT 06511-

    United States

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Research Summary

Adherence to medication in persistent mental disorders. Mental Health Services for Latino Populations: exploring influences affecting access and retention. Exploring effective methods to teach cultural sensitivity. Application of the Cultural formulation interview for DSM 5 in clinical and educational settings. Influences of bias and prejudices on mental health care.

Specialized Terms: Medication adherence in Latinos; Culturally sensitive services; Ethnicity and language influences on mood disorders diagnoses; Teaching methods for cultural sensitivity; Cultural formulation interview DSM5

Extensive Research Description

Adherence to treatment and medications for serious mental disorders. Development of culturally sensitive mental health services.

The Latino Behavioral Health, an expansion of mental health services to primary care and community agencies.

Development methods to teach cultural competence and sensitivity

Cultural Formulation Interview for DSM 5.

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Research Interests

Affective Disorders, Psychotic; Depressive Disorder; Hispanic Americans; Psychiatry; Schizophrenia; Teaching; Global Health; Cultural Diversity; Mood Disorders; Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders

Selected Publications

  • Cultural Psychiatry and Public HealthDiaz, E. Silva, M., Garcia-Aracena F., Paris, M., Anez, L., Barkil-Oteo, A., Delphin, M. “Cultural Psychiatry and Public Health” in Steiner, J. & Jacobs, S. (Editors) Yale Textbook of Public Psychiatry Accepted for Publication, Oxford Press
  • Inconsistencies in diagnosis and symptoms among bilingual and English-speaking Latinos and Euro-Americans.Díaz E, Miskemen T, Vega WA, Gara M, Wilson DR, Lesser I, Escamilla M, Neighbors HW, Arndt S, Strakowski S. Inconsistencies in diagnosis and symptoms among bilingual and English-speaking Latinos and Euro-Americans. Psychiatric Services (Washington, D.C.) 2009, 60: 1379-82. PMID: 19797380, DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.10.1379.
  • Effects of ethnicity on psychotropic medications adherence.Diaz E, Woods SW, Rosenheck RA. Effects of ethnicity on psychotropic medications adherence. Community Mental Health Journal 2005, 41: 521-37. PMID: 16142536, DOI: 10.1007/s10597-005-6359-x.
  • Novel 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 : The Journal Of The American Association Of Directors Of Psychiatric Residency Training And The Association For Academic Psychiatry 2016, 40: 366-8. PMID: 25636254, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0279-z.
  • 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 : The Journal Of The American Association Of Directors Of Psychiatric Residency Training And The Association For Academic Psychiatry 2016, 40: 584-91. PMID: 26449983, PMCID: PMC4826320, DOI: 10.1007/s40596-015-0429-3.
  • Using the Cultural Formulation Interview to Build Culturally Sensitive ServicesDiaz, E., Añez, L.M., Silva, M., Paris, M., Davidson., L. "Using the Cultural Formulation Interview to Build Culturally Sensitive Services". Psychiatric Services. In Press 2017
  • Feasibility, acceptability and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial.Lewis-Fernández R, Aggarwal NK, Lam PC, Galfalvy H, Weiss MG, Kirmayer LJ, Paralikar V, Deshpande SN, Díaz E, Nicasio AV, Boiler M, Alarcón RD, Rohlof H, Groen S, van Dijk RC, Jadhav S, Sarmukaddam S, Ndetei D, Scalco MZ, Bassiri K, Aguilar-Gaxiola S, Ton H, Westermeyer J, Vega-Dienstmaier JM. Feasibility, acceptability and clinical utility of the Cultural Formulation Interview: mixed-methods results from the DSM-5 international field trial. The British Journal Of Psychiatry : The Journal Of Mental Science 2017, 210: 290-297. PMID: 28104738, DOI: 10.1192/bjp.bp.116.193862.
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