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Kritzia Merced , Zac E. Imel , Scott A. Baldwin , Heidi Fischer , Tae Ki Yoon , Christine Stewart , Greg Simon , Brian K. Ahmedani , Arne Beck , Yihe G. Daida , Samuel Hubley , Rebecca C. Rossom , Beth E. Waitzfelder , John E. Zeber , Karen J. Coleman ·

YOU? · · 2020 · Open Access · · DOI: https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201800500 · OA: W3019169813

Adherence to depression treatment among a provider's patients from racial-ethnic minority groups was related to adherence among that provider's non-Hispanic white patients, but evidence also suggested provider-specific disparities. Efforts among providers to decrease disparities might focus on improving the general skill of providers who treat more patients from racial-ethnic minority groups as well as offering culturally based training to providers with notable disparities.