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

Ph: (619) 594-5358
Fax:(619) 594-1332

Life Sciences 110
Mail Code: 4611

Open 8:00 am - 4:30 pm M-F

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.