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Department of Psychology
San Diego State University
5500 Campanile Dr.
San Diego, CA 92182-4611

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May Yeh

Assistant Professor

 

Department of Psychology
College of Sciences
San Diego State University
6363 Alvarado Court, Ste. 103/10
San Diego, CA 92120-4913

Office: ALv 6363/103/10
Phone: (619) 594-2838
FAX: (619) 594-6780
E-Mail:
myeh@sunstroke.sdsu.edu

Research Interests

Mental health services for children and adolescents, with particular interests in racial/ethnic disparities, cultural issues in service utilization, the development of culturally-competent interventions, and school involvement in services.

Selected Publications

Yeh, M., Takeuchi, D. T., & Sue, S. (1994).  Asian-American children treated in the mental health system:  A comparison of parallel and mainstream outpatient service centers.  Journal of Clinical Child Psychology, 23, 5-12.

Takeuchi, D. T., Sue, S., & Yeh, M. (1995).  Return rates and outcomes from ethnicity-specific mental health programs in Los Angeles.  American Journal of Public Health, 85, 638-643.

     Reprinted as: Takeuchi, D. T., Sue, S., & Yeh, M. (1998).  Return rates and outcomes from ethnicity-specific mental health programs in Los Angeles.  In P.Balls Organista, K.M. Chun, & G. Marin (Eds.), Readings in Ethnic Psychology (pp. 324-334).   New York:  Routledge, Inc.

McCabe, K., Yeh, M., Hough, R.L., Landsverk, J., Hurlburt, M., Culver, S., & Reynolds, B. (1999). Racial/ethnic representation across five public sectors of care for youth. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 7, 72-82.  

Garland, A., Hough., R. L., McCabe, K. M., Yeh, M., Wood, P., & Aarons, G.  (2001). Prevalence of psychiatric disorders in youths across five sectors of care.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40, 409-418.

Yeh, May, & Weisz, John R. (2001) Why are we here at the clinic? Parent-child (dis)agreement on referral problems at outpatient treatment entry. Journal of Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 69,1018-1025.

Yeh, M., McCabe, K., Hurlburt, M., Hough, R., Hazen, A., Culver, S., Garland, A., & Landsverk, J. (2002).  Referral sources, diagnoses, and service types for youth in the public outpatient mental health sector:  A focus on ethnic minorities.  Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 29, 45-60.  

Yeh, M., McCabe, K., Hough, R., Dupuis, D., & Hazen, A. (2003). Racial/ethnic differences in parental endorsement of barriers to mental health services for youth. Mental Health Services Research, 5(2), 65-77.

Yeh, M., Hough, R. L., McCabe, K., Lau, A., & Garland, A. (in press). Parental beliefs about the causes of child problems:  Exploring racial/ethnic patterns.  Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.

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