“…Among the studies that addressed issues related to ethnic/cultural match (e.g., Akutsu, Lin, & Zane, 1990;Bennett & BigFoot-Sipes, 1991;Flaskerud & Liu, 1991;Fujino, Okazaki, & Young, 1994;Niemeyer & Gonzales, 1983), three (Kim & Atkinson, 2002;Ricker, Nystul, & Waldo, 1999;Sue, et al, 1991) have direct implication for this study. In a study designed to evaluate treatment outcomes for minority clients as a function of ethnic/linguistic match, Sue et al (1991) evaluated five years (1983)(1984)(1985)(1986)(1987)(1988) of information supplied from the Automated Information System of the Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health (U.S.).…”