From time to time, journal issues seem to simply assemble themselves. Such is the case with this special issue on minority mental health. A nice set of manuscripts arrived, received the necessary revisions, and-voila!-became the issue that is before you. Although several groundbreaking issues on minority mental health have been published during my years as editor, the topic continues to deserve attention. Distressing disparities in the delivery of mental health services to minorities were documented in a 2001 report of the United States Surgeon General (U.S. Public Health Service Office of the Surgeon General, 2001). The report amply documented the disproportionate burden of disability from mental health disorders that is experienced by minorities, such as Native Americans, African Americans, Asian Americans, and Hispanic Americans. In 2003, The President's New Freedom Commission on Mental Health included, as Goal 3, the elimination of disparities in access, quality, and cultural acceptability of psychiatric interventions.
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