How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate "Model Minority" Demands?

Nellie Tran; Kevin Yabes; Arianne Miller

doi:10.1001/amajethics.2021.456

How Should Clinicians Help Patients Navigate "Model Minority" Demands?

AMA J Ethics. 2021 Jun 1;23(6):E456-464. doi: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456.

Authors

Nellie Tran¹, Kevin Yabes², Arianne Miller³

Affiliations

¹ Associate professor at San Diego State University with the Community-Based Block Program.
² Counseling psychology doctoral student at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
³ Assistant professor in the Department of Counseling and School Psychology at San Diego State University in California.

PMID: 34212846
DOI: 10.1001/amajethics.2021.456

Abstract

The "model minority" myth (MMM) has far-reaching implications for Asian Americans in many settings, including medicine. For clinicians working with first-generation Asian American college students, this article considers 3 factors that affect how the MMM plays out in clinical care: clinicians' racial identity awareness, cross-racial dynamics, and the extent to which a patient has internalized racism or oppression.

MeSH terms

Asian
Humans
Mental Disorders*
Minority Groups
Racism*
Students