Cabassa Leopoldo J. author Columbia University. Social Work Columbia University. Social Work originator text Letters 2003 manuscript version English Snowden’s article in the February issue of the Journal presents a comprehensive review of the literature regarding the role that practitioners’ bias plays in the development of racial and ethnic disparities in the current mental health system. Missing from this review is the growing literature that directly examines the role that culture plays in the expression, presentation, and course of mental illnesses. Mental health 93 7 1034 1034 2003-07 http://dx.doi.org/10.2105/AJPH.93.7.1034 http://hdl.handle.net/10022/AC:P:15200 NNC NNC 2012-11-05 16:27:08 -0500 2012-11-05 16:32:20 -0500 9202 eng