ABSTRACT
Area (ECA) studies were conducted (Regier et al., 1984). Some may question how culturally informed these classic studies were (Edgerton & Cohen, 1994; Fabrega, 1990; Guarnaccia, Kleinman, & Good, 1990). However, most reviews of culture, ethnicity, and mental disorders still refer to the findings from the WHO and ECA studies to address how social, ethnic, and cultural factors are related to the distribution of psychopathology. Also during this time, the National Institute of Mental Health funded research centers with the sole purpose of conducting research on and for specific ethnic minority groups (African Americans, American Indians, Latino Americans, and Asian Americans). Some of the research from these centers contributed to the growing cultural psychopathology database (e.g., Cervantes, Padilla, & Salgado de Snyder, 1991; King, 1978; Manson, Shore & Bloom, 1985; Neighbors, Jackson, Campbell, & Williams, 1989; Rogler, Malgady, & Rodriguez, 1989; Sue, Fujino, Hu, Takeuchi, & Zane, 1991).
