Table 2.
Author | Sample | Diagnosis | Treatment | Control (Y/N?) | Outcome |
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Geiger (1994) | 214 Asian Americans | None | Ethnic matching of therapist and client | Yes | Ethnic matching reduced drop out. |
Pan et al. (2011) | 30 Asian Americans | Specific phobia | Culturally adaptive CBT | Yes | Treatment was effective. Acculturation moderated treatment outcomes. |
Otto et al. (2003) | 10 female Cambodian refugees | PTSD | CBT combined with Sertraline | Yes | Both groups improved. Combined treatment improved slightly more. |
Kubany et al. (2003) | 32 ethnically diverse women 10 Asian Americans 6 Pacific Islanders |
PTSD | Cognitive Trauma Therapy | No | Equal benefit across ethnic groups. |
Hinton et al. (2004) | 12 Vietnamese refugees | PTSD and panic attacks | Culturally adaptive CBT | No | Treatment was effective. |
Hinton et al. (2005) | 40 Cambodian refugees | PTSD and panic attacks | Culturally adaptive CBT | No | Treatment was effective. |
Hinton, Pich, et al. (2006) | 3 Vietnamese refugees | PTSD and panic attacks | Culturally adaptive CBT | No | Treatment was effective. |
Hinton, Safren, et al. (2006) | 3 Cambodian refugees | PTSD | Somatic-focused CBT | No | Treatment was effective. |
Zhang et al. (2002) | 143 urban Chinese | GAD | Chinese Taoist Cognitive psychotherapy (CTCP) combined with benzodiazepines | Yes | Both groups improved. CTCP associated with reduced relapse rate. |