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Cultural competency

Another aspect of cultural competency amongst healthcare providers is the integral nature that the family plays in Asian tradition. Studies have shown that if therapists and mental health specialists involve the entire family when caring for an Asian American patient, supports will yield more successful outcomes when it comes to healing from their mental health struggles. Mental health care in Western medicine tends to be more individualistic, focusing only on the patient themselves. However, because of the family oriented nature of Asian culture, culturally competent care should involve the whole family when catering to Asian Americans. This has been proven to have positive effects on the mental health of Asian Americans.