Lawrence Yang

Journal Article International journal of behavioral medicine · August 2025 BackgroundAsian American (AA) young adults face a looming diet-related non-communicable disease crisis. Interactions with family members are pivotal in the lives of AA young adults and form the basis of family-based interventions; however, little ... Full text Cite

“No data, no problem”? Potential inequities in psychosis among immigrants in the United States

Journal Article Ssm Mental Health · June 1, 2025 Global research indicates inequities in the incidence, severity, and care of psychosis among immigrants, primarily due to structural and social adversities relative to non-immigrants. However, despite having the world's largest immigrant population, the Un ... Full text Cite

Parsing stigma's relationship with the psychosocial functioning of youth identified as at clinical high risk for psychosis: evaluating whether symptom stigma or labelling stigma is stronger.

Journal Article The British journal of psychiatry : the journal of mental science · December 2024 BackgroundThe clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR-p) syndrome enables early identification of individuals at risk of schizophrenia and related disorders. We differentiate between the stigma associated with the at-risk identification itself ('lab ... Full text Cite

Perceptions of stigma in youth at clinical high risk for psychosis and depressive symptomatology.

Journal Article Schizophrenia research · July 2024 It is unclear what types of stigma youth at clinical high risk for psychosis (CHR) experience, and the relationship between them and symptomatology. 94 CHR youth, and a control group of 45 youth with no psychosis spectrum symptoms (NP) were rated for perce ... Full text Cite

A "What Matters Most" approach to investigating intersectional stigma toward HIV and cancer in Hanoi, Vietnam.

Journal Article Journal of the National Cancer Institute. Monographs · June 2024 BackgroundVietnam is experiencing a growing burden of cancer, including among people living with HIV. Stigma acts as a sociocultural barrier to the prevention and treatment of both conditions. This study investigates how cultural notions of "respe ... Full text Cite

Critical Time Intervention - Task-Shifting for Individuals with Psychosis in Latin America: A Multi-stakeholder Qualitative Analysis of Implementation Barriers and Facilitators.

Journal Article Global implementation research and applications · December 2023 This article presents the results of a qualitative study conducted to understand the barriers and facilitators in implementing a pilot trial of Critical Time Intervention-Task-Shifting-a time-limited, community-based, recovery-oriented intervention for ind ... Full text Cite

The impact of China-to-US immigration on structural and cultural determinants of HIV-related stigma: implications for HIV care of Chinese immigrants.

Journal Article Ethnicity & health · April 2022 Objectives: Asian Americans have poor HIV-related outcomes, yet culturally salient barriers to care remain unclear, limiting development of targeted interventions for this group. We applied the 'what matters most' theory of stigma to identify struct ... Full text Cite

Identifying "What Matters Most" to Men in Botswana to Promote Resistance to HIV-Related Stigma.

Journal Article Qualitative health research · July 2021 Despite a comprehensive national program of free HIV services, men living with HIV in Botswana participate at lower rates and have worse outcomes than women. Directed content analysis of five focus groups (n = 38) and 50 in-depth interviews with men ... Full text Cite

Naturalistic conceptions of genetic optimism and precision psychiatry among those at clinical high-risk for psychosis.

Journal Article Early intervention in psychiatry · June 2021 AimFuelled by genomics advances, recent emphasis on the concept of "precision medicine," and public optimism towards genetic advances, it is important to understand how those who are considered to be at clinical high-risk for psychosis (CHR) perce ... Full text Cite

Psychometric Validation of a Scale to Assess Culturally-Salient Aspects of HIV Stigma Among Women Living with HIV in Botswana: Engaging "What Matters Most" to Resist Stigma.

Journal Article AIDS and behavior · February 2021 Perceived stigma deters engagement in HIV care and is powerfully shaped by culture. Yet few stigma measures consider how cultural capabilities that signify "full personhood" could be engaged to resist stigma. By applying a theory conceptualizing how cultur ... Full text Cite

Psychological impact of anti-Asian stigma due to the COVID-19 pandemic: A call for research, practice, and policy responses.

Journal Article Psychological trauma : theory, research, practice and policy · July 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic is linked to a rise in stigma and discrimination against Chinese and other Asians, which is likely to have a negative impact on mental health, especially when combined with additional outbreak-related stressors. We discuss the need to ... Full text Cite

Botswana's HIV response: Policies, context, and future directions.

Journal Article Journal of community psychology · April 2020 This brief report describes key periods in the history of the national public health response to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) epidemic in Botswana. It reveals the context leading to the development of HIV policies presently in place and current c ... Full text Cite

Stigma associated with the labeling of schizophrenia, depression, and hikikomori in Japan.

Journal Article Stigma and Health · January 1, 2020 Labeling is a fundamental component of stigma, which allows the identification of features or behaviors that are then stereotyped and made into targets of discrimination. In Japan, the label applied to the condition known in the DSM and International Stati ... Full text Cite

Implementing the protocol of a pilot randomized controlled trial for the recovery-oriented intervention to people with psychoses in two Latin American cities.

Journal Article Cadernos de saude publica · May 2019 Several Latin American countries have made remarkable strides towards offering community mental health care for people with psychoses. Nonetheless, mental health clinics generally have a very limited outreach in the community, tending to have weaker links ... Full text Cite