Reducing mental health disparities by increasing the personal relevance of interventions.

One of the most persistent health disparities is underutilization mental services by people color. Neither evidence-based treatments (universal focus) nor culturally adapted (group have reduced these disparities. We propose personal relevance psychotherapy (PROP) model, which integrates universal, group, and individual dimensions to determine interventions. A cultural example among East Asian ancestry involves face (i.e., one's prestige position in society), may moderate treatment outcomes. Pragmatic intervention approaches focused on helping individuals cope with specific external problems, compared managing a disease, can effectively restore face. Thus, social problem-solving interventions be more personally relevant many than are that internally focused. In addition, we posit neuroscience offer unique opportunities above beyond self-report measures when assessing impact PROP for diverse populations. Our preliminary evidence upon testing this hypothesis indicated Americans, exposure therapy content elicited significantly greater neural activity brain areas associated cognitive-behavioral content. Identifying has potential reduce increasing engagement groups. The increased client produced also make effective (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2021 APA, all rights reserved).