THE ESSAY
Part 1: Literature Review (3-4 pages)
For your literature review select a minimum of four (4) of the articles from the citation list below and at
least one peer-reviewed source of your choosing.

Cai, A. & Robst, J. (2016) The relationship between race/ethnicity and the perceived
experience of mental health care. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 86(5) 508-518

Chou, T., Asnaani, A., & Hofmann, S. (2012). Perception of racial discrimination and
psychopathology across three U.S. ethnic minority groups. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic
Minority Psychology, 18(1) 74-81

Leong, F., Kim, H., & Gupta (2011). Attitudes toward professional counseling among AsianAmerican college students: acculturation, conceptions of mental illness, and loss of face.
Asian-American Journal of Psychology, 2(2) 140-153
Ojeda, V., & Bergstresser, S. (2008). Gender, race-ethnicity, and psychosocial barriers to mental
health care: an examination of perceptions and attitudes among adults reporting unmet need.
Journal of Health and Social Behavior, 49(3), 317-334. Retrieved from
http://www.jstor.org/stable/27638759
Ronzio, C., Guagliardo, M., Persaud (2006) Disparity in location of urban mental service
providers. Amer Journal of Orthopsychiatry. 76(1) 37-43