Martin J La Roche
Biographic Data
| ID | 656558 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin J La Roche |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin J |
| FAMILY NAME | La Roche |
| SIGNATURE | LA ROCHE M J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-2335-9916 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 29 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 11 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1995 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Examining the effectiveness of the Cultural Formulation Interview with young children: A clinical illustration
After years of extensive research, the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) was released in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Similar to its predecessor, the Outline of the Cultural Formulation (OCF), the CFI aims to refine the psychiatric assessment process by systematically examining cultural factors. However, in contrast to the OCF which employs open-ended questions, the CFI uses a semi-str…
Introduction to special issue on evidence-based treatments with Latinas/os: Attending to heterogeneity
Despite the growth in research attesting to the efficacy of psychotherapy, and especially evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP), there remain significant gaps in our knowledge regarding their efficacy with Latinas/os. In particular, very little is known regarding the specific contexts in which EBPs might be effective (or not) with Latinas/os. Part of the explanation for these gaps in our knowledge base is due to the fact that most manualized EBPs do…
Challenges in Developing a Cultural Evidence‐Based Psychotherapy in the USA: Suggestions for International Studies
In this article, we underscore some of the cultural challenges and limitations of the evidence‐based psychotherapy (EBP) utilised within the USA with the hope that these problems will be avoided or ameliorated in Australia and other countries. Although the EBP research is very diverse and complex, we categorise this fast‐growing literature using a threefold classification system that underscores culture. This classification system is proposed to …
A cultural examination of the DSM-5: Research and clinical implications for cultural minorities
A culturally competent relaxation intervention for Latino/as: Assessing a culturally specific match model
In this study, we explored 2 questions: (a) Consistent with the cultural match theory (CMT), did treatment adherence and outcome improve as discrepancies between the cultural features of an anxiety treatment and patient characteristics decreased, and (b) In agreement with the specific therapy ingredient model (STIM), did the psychotherapeutic outcomes of a Culturally Competent Relaxation Intervention (CCRI) designed to reduce anxiety more effecti…
Changing paradigms from empirically supported treatment to evidence-based practice: A cultural perspective
Psychotherapy research guidelines have a profound impact on research, training, and practice, and they also influence reimbursement decisions which can have ethical and legal consequences. Furthermore, research guidelines have implications for the treatment of culturally diverse groups. Unfortunately, these implications have often been overlooked. Therefore, this paper contrasts the impact of two prominent research guidelines on the development o…
At the crossroads: Managed mental health care, the ethics code, and ethnic minorities
At the crossroads: Managed mental health care, the ethics code, and ethnic minorities
Mental health clinicians are facing an increasing number of ethical problems related to the delivery of managed mental health care services to ethnic minorities. The authors argue that (a) economic pressures have led to the development of the managed health care movement; (b) the combination of such economic pressures and the development of that managed care movement have influenced the promulgated ethical standards of the American Psychological …
The Association of Social Relations and Depression Levels among Dominicans in the United States
This study examined the relationship between perceived levels of social support and non-supportive interactions on the depression levels of 82 low-income, Dominican-born adults living in the United States. It was found that there was a significant and positive correlation between perceived levels of social support and nonsupportive interactions. This relationship suggests that Dominicans who report more supportive interactions are also more invol…
Self-Orientation and Depression Level among Dominicans in the United States
This research examines an interaction model in which self-orientation levels mediate the effects of perceived social support and general self-efficacy on depression level. Two dimensions of self orientation were included in this formulation: idiocentrism (the tendency to define oneself through self-attributes) and allocentrism (the tendency to define oneself in relation to others). We hypothesized that idiocentrism would interact with general sel…
Latina Mothers and Their Toddlers' Behavioral Difficulties
This research explores the relationships among the following variables: toddlers'behavioral difficulties, mothers'depression, mothers'self-efficacy, and mothers 'social support. Assessments were made of26 mothers and their 26 toddlers at two times, 3 months apart. The results of thefirst assessment were used as independent variables, and the results of the second assessment were used as the dependent variables, in a longitudinal panelanalysis mod…
Changing paradigms from empirically supported treatment to evidence-based practice: A cultural perspective
Psychotherapy research guidelines have a profound impact on research, training, and practice, and they also influence reimbursement decisions which can have ethical and legal consequences. Furthermore, research guidelines have implications for the treatment of culturally diverse groups. Unfortunately, these implications have often been overlooked. Therefore, this paper contrasts the impact of two prominent research guidelines on the development o…
A cultural examination of the DSM-5: Research and clinical implications for cultural minorities
Self-Orientation and Depression Level among Dominicans in the United States
This research examines an interaction model in which self-orientation levels mediate the effects of perceived social support and general self-efficacy on depression level. Two dimensions of self orientation were included in this formulation: idiocentrism (the tendency to define oneself through self-attributes) and allocentrism (the tendency to define oneself in relation to others). We hypothesized that idiocentrism would interact with general sel…
Examining the effectiveness of the Cultural Formulation Interview with young children: A clinical illustration
After years of extensive research, the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) was released in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Similar to its predecessor, the Outline of the Cultural Formulation (OCF), the CFI aims to refine the psychiatric assessment process by systematically examining cultural factors. However, in contrast to the OCF which employs open-ended questions, the CFI uses a semi-str…
At the crossroads: Managed mental health care, the ethics code, and ethnic minorities
Mental health clinicians are facing an increasing number of ethical problems related to the delivery of managed mental health care services to ethnic minorities. The authors argue that (a) economic pressures have led to the development of the managed health care movement; (b) the combination of such economic pressures and the development of that managed care movement have influenced the promulgated ethical standards of the American Psychological …
Latina Mothers and Their Toddlers' Behavioral Difficulties
This research explores the relationships among the following variables: toddlers'behavioral difficulties, mothers'depression, mothers'self-efficacy, and mothers 'social support. Assessments were made of26 mothers and their 26 toddlers at two times, 3 months apart. The results of thefirst assessment were used as independent variables, and the results of the second assessment were used as the dependent variables, in a longitudinal panelanalysis mod…
Latina Mothers and Their Toddlers' Behavioral Difficulties
This research explores the relationships among the following variables: toddlers'behavioral difficulties, mothers'depression, mothers'self-efficacy, and mothers 'social support. Assessments were made of26 mothers and their 26 toddlers at two times, 3 months apart. The results of thefirst assessment were used as independent variables, and the results of the second assessment were used as the dependent variables, in a longitudinal panelanalysis mod…
Self-Orientation and Depression Level among Dominicans in the United States
This research examines an interaction model in which self-orientation levels mediate the effects of perceived social support and general self-efficacy on depression level. Two dimensions of self orientation were included in this formulation: idiocentrism (the tendency to define oneself through self-attributes) and allocentrism (the tendency to define oneself in relation to others). We hypothesized that idiocentrism would interact with general sel…
The Association of Social Relations and Depression Levels among Dominicans in the United States
This study examined the relationship between perceived levels of social support and non-supportive interactions on the depression levels of 82 low-income, Dominican-born adults living in the United States. It was found that there was a significant and positive correlation between perceived levels of social support and nonsupportive interactions. This relationship suggests that Dominicans who report more supportive interactions are also more invol…
At the crossroads: Managed mental health care, the ethics code, and ethnic minorities
At the crossroads: Managed mental health care, the ethics code, and ethnic minorities
Mental health clinicians are facing an increasing number of ethical problems related to the delivery of managed mental health care services to ethnic minorities. The authors argue that (a) economic pressures have led to the development of the managed health care movement; (b) the combination of such economic pressures and the development of that managed care movement have influenced the promulgated ethical standards of the American Psychological …
Changing paradigms from empirically supported treatment to evidence-based practice: A cultural perspective
Psychotherapy research guidelines have a profound impact on research, training, and practice, and they also influence reimbursement decisions which can have ethical and legal consequences. Furthermore, research guidelines have implications for the treatment of culturally diverse groups. Unfortunately, these implications have often been overlooked. Therefore, this paper contrasts the impact of two prominent research guidelines on the development o…
A culturally competent relaxation intervention for Latino/as: Assessing a culturally specific match model
In this study, we explored 2 questions: (a) Consistent with the cultural match theory (CMT), did treatment adherence and outcome improve as discrepancies between the cultural features of an anxiety treatment and patient characteristics decreased, and (b) In agreement with the specific therapy ingredient model (STIM), did the psychotherapeutic outcomes of a Culturally Competent Relaxation Intervention (CCRI) designed to reduce anxiety more effecti…
Challenges in Developing a Cultural Evidence‐Based Psychotherapy in the USA: Suggestions for International Studies
In this article, we underscore some of the cultural challenges and limitations of the evidence‐based psychotherapy (EBP) utilised within the USA with the hope that these problems will be avoided or ameliorated in Australia and other countries. Although the EBP research is very diverse and complex, we categorise this fast‐growing literature using a threefold classification system that underscores culture. This classification system is proposed to …
A cultural examination of the DSM-5: Research and clinical implications for cultural minorities
Introduction to special issue on evidence-based treatments with Latinas/os: Attending to heterogeneity
Despite the growth in research attesting to the efficacy of psychotherapy, and especially evidence-based psychotherapy (EBP), there remain significant gaps in our knowledge regarding their efficacy with Latinas/os. In particular, very little is known regarding the specific contexts in which EBPs might be effective (or not) with Latinas/os. Part of the explanation for these gaps in our knowledge base is due to the fact that most manualized EBPs do…
Examining the effectiveness of the Cultural Formulation Interview with young children: A clinical illustration
After years of extensive research, the Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) was released in the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5). Similar to its predecessor, the Outline of the Cultural Formulation (OCF), the CFI aims to refine the psychiatric assessment process by systematically examining cultural factors. However, in contrast to the OCF which employs open-ended questions, the CFI uses a semi-str…
Psychology (9 works) · Counseling Practices and Supervision (5 works) · Developmental psychology (4 works) · Ethnic group (4 works) · Psychiatry (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development (3 works) · Clinical Psychology (3 works) · Medicine (3 works) · Mental health (3 works)