Latino Mental Health

Author : Hector Y. Adames,Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 277 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2016-07-07
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317529804

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Cultural Foundations and Interventions in Latino/a Mental Health by Hector Y. Adames,Nayeli Y. Chavez-Dueñas Pdf

Advancing work to effectively study, understand, and serve the fastest growing U.S. ethnic minority population, this volume explicitly emphasizes the racial and ethnic diversity within this heterogeneous cultural group. The focus is on the complex historical roots of contemporary Latino/as, their diversity in skin-color and physiognomy, racial identity, ethnic identity, gender differences, immigration patterns, and acculturation. The work highlights how the complexities inherent in the diverse Latino/a experience, as specified throughout the topics covered in this volume, become critical elements of culturally responsive and racially conscious mental health treatment approaches. By addressing the complexities, within-group differences, and racially heterogeneity characteristic of U.S. Latino/as, this volume makes a significant contribution to the literature related to mental health treatments and interventions.

Author : Lydia P. Buki,Lissette M Piedra
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 276 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Medical
ISBN : 1441994521

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Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health by Lydia P. Buki,Lissette M Piedra Pdf

Latinos are the fastest growing and largest minority group in the United States. In 2008, this group numbered over 47 million; by 2050, the population is expected to triple, reaching 133 million. Traditionally, Latinos have immigrated to large urban centers (e.g., New York, Los Angeles) that over long periods of time developed a complex infrastructure to receive new immigrants. Increasingly, new Spanish-speaking immigrants are moving into areas of the country previously unfamiliar to them. Although urban co-ethnic communities continue to be the destination of many newcomers, immigrants from Mexico, Central America, and South America in pursuit of low-skilled labor opportunities are settling in small towns and rural areas of the South and Midwest. This new demographic trend has resulted in the creation of the term "new growth communities," which refers to small rural areas that are now home to a small but rapidly growing Hispanic population. Unfortunately, these communities, which are now present in many states across the country (e.g., Illinois, North Carolina), lack the infrastructure necessary to meet the needs of Latino immigrants (e.g., access to health care, immigration assistance, and breaking down language barriers). The lack of an infrastructure and the lack of an established ethnic community to facilitate the assimilation of new immigrants present an ongoing challenge, especially in the area of Latino mental health. The volume focuses on dealing with systemic issues and on providing innovative ideas for development of infrastructure of services. This text will advance ways to understand and ameliorate mental health disparities both from research and experiential perspectives.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 28 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2001
Category : African Americans
ISBN : UOM:39015054173375

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Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : Sergio A. Aguilar-Gaxiola,Thomas P. Gullotta
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 337 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2009-04-05
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780387785127

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Depression in Latinos by Sergio A. Aguilar-Gaxiola,Thomas P. Gullotta Pdf

Depression ranks as a leading mental health problem among Hispanic immigrants and their US-born children. And a wide array of issues - starting with the widespread stereotype of the “illegal immigrant” - makes the Latino experience of this condition differ from that of any other group. Depression in Latinos consolidates the conceptual, diagnostic, and clinical knowledge based on this salient topic, providing coverage from prevalence to prevention, from efficient screening to effective interventions. In this concise yet comprehensive volume, leading clinicians, researchers, and academics offer extensive research and clinical findings, literature reviews (e.g., an in-depth chapter on the Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey), and insights gathered from first-hand experience in clinical practice. Perceptive information is offered on the most urgent and complex issues on depression in this diverse and dynamic population, including: (1) The impact language, culture, and societal factors have on depression and its diagnosis. (2) The most relevant assessment instruments. (3) How depression manifests among Latino children, youth, and seniors as well as in Latinas. (4) The relationship between depression and substance abuse. (5) The most effective evidence-based treatment methods. (6) The efficacy of interventions for depression at the community level. Depression in Latinos is vital reading for clinicians, counseling and school psychologists, psychiatrists, clinical social workers, and public health professionals interested in providing their Hispanic clients with the most effective treatment possible. In addition, its coverage of the broader issues of access to care makes this volume essential reading for mental health administrators, volunteer/outreach agencies, and policymakers.

Author : Amado M. Padilla,René Arthur Ruiz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 214 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023106424

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Latino Mental Health by Amado M. Padilla,René Arthur Ruiz Pdf

Author : Pilar Hernández-Wolfe
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
Page : 158 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : History
ISBN : 9780765709318

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A Borderlands View on Latinos, Latin Americans, and Decolonization by Pilar Hernández-Wolfe Pdf

This book's theory is grounded in the framework of decolonization developed by the modernity/coloniality collective project, Transformative Family Therapy, and Just Therapy.

Author : Harvette Grey,Brittany N. Hall-Clark
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780190243425

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Cultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health by Harvette Grey,Brittany N. Hall-Clark Pdf

In America's increasingly diverse society, it is imperative that mental health providers prioritize the development of their cultural competence to assure that they are equipped to meet the needs of their clients. Cultural Considerations in Latino American Mental Health offers a broad array of perspectives from clinicians and researchers actively working with racially and ethnically diverse populations. This book addresses psychosocial cultural issues that impact the mental health of the growing Latino American population. Topics discussed include relevant socio-demographic variables for Latinos and the implications of the steadily increasing Latino population in the United States; cultural values, acculturation, and acculturative stress in the lives of Latino adolescents; culturally responsive intervention of depression in Latino adolescents; depression across the lifespan; and cultural factors in the development of substance abuse issues in the Latino adolescent population. This book is a must-read for mental health clinicians, students, community workers, school counselors, and nurses who work with diverse populations.

Author : Vilma Santiago-Irizarry
Publisher : Cornell University Press
Page : 195 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2018-08-06
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781501718458

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Medicalizing Ethnicity by Vilma Santiago-Irizarry Pdf

In Medicalizing Ethnicity, Vilma Santiago-Irizarry shows how commendable intentions can produce unintended consequences. Santiago-Irizarry conducted ethnographic fieldwork in three bilingual, bicultural psychiatric programs for Latino patients at public mental health facilities in New York City. The introduction of "cultural sensitivity" in mental health clinics, she concludes, led doctors to construct essentialized, composite versions of Latino ethnicity in their drive to treat mental illness with sensitivity. The author demonstrates that stressing Latino differences when dealing with patients resulted not in empowerment, as intended, but in the reassertion of Anglo-American standards of behavior in the guise of psychiatric categories by which Latino culture was negatively defined. For instance, doctors routinely translated their patients' beliefs in the Latino religious traditions of espiritismo and Santería into psychiatric terms, thus treating these beliefs as pathologies.Interpreting mental health care through the framework of culture and politics has potent effects on the understanding of "normality" toward which such care aspires. At the core of Medicalizing Ethnicity is the very definition of multiculturalism used by a variety of institutional settings in an attempt to mandate equality.

Author : Amado M. Padilla,Paul Aranda
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 308 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 1976
Category : Hispanic Americans
ISBN : UTEXAS:059173023106468

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Latino Mental Health by Amado M. Padilla,Paul Aranda Pdf

Author : Amado M. Padilla,René A. Ruiz
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 189 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Latin Americans
ISBN : OCLC:252471899

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Latino Mental Health by Amado M. Padilla,René A. Ruiz Pdf

Author : Yvette G. Flores
Publisher : University of Arizona Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 50,6 Mb
Release : 2013-05-02
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780816599950

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Chicana and Chicano Mental Health by Yvette G. Flores Pdf

Spirit, mind, and heart—in traditional Mexican health beliefs all three are inherent to maintaining psychological balance. For Mexican Americans, who are both the oldest Latina/o group in the United States as well as some of the most recent arrivals, perceptions of health and illness often reflect a dual belief system that has not always been incorporated in mental health treatments. Chicana and Chicano Mental Health offers a model to understand and to address the mental health challenges and service disparities affecting Mexican immigrants and Mexican Americans/Chicanos. Yvette G. Flores, who has more than thirty years of experience as a clinical psychologist, provides in-depth analysis of the major mental health challenges facing these groups: depression; anxiety disorders, including post-traumatic stress disorder; substance abuse; and intimate partner violence. Using a life-cycle perspective that incorporates indigenous health beliefs, Flores examines the mental health issues affecting children and adolescents, adult men and women, and elderly Mexican Americans. Through case studies, Flores examines the importance of understanding cultural values, class position, and the gender and sexual roles and expectations Chicanas/os negotiate, as well as the legacies of migration, transculturation, and multiculturality. Chicana and Chicano Mental Health is the first book of its kind to embrace both Western and Indigenous perspectives. Ideally suited for students in psychology, social welfare, ethnic studies, and sociology, the book also provides valuable information for mental health professionals who desire a deeper understanding of the needs and strengths of the largest ethnic minority and Hispanic population group in the United States.

Author : Marilyn Aguirre-Molina,Luisa N. Borrell,William Vega
Publisher : Rutgers University Press
Page : 335 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2010-05-24
Category : Medical
ISBN : 9780813549767

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Health Issues in Latino Males by Marilyn Aguirre-Molina,Luisa N. Borrell,William Vega Pdf

It is estimated that more than 50 million Latinos live in the United States. This is projected to more than double by 2050. In Health Issues in Latino Males experts from public health, medicine, and sociology examine the issues affecting Latino men's health and recommend policies to overcome inequities and better serve this population. The book addresses sexual and reproductive health; alcohol, tobacco, and drug use; mental and physical health among those in the juvenile justice or prison systems; chronic diseases; HIV/AIDS; Alzheimer's and dementia; and health issues among war veterans. It discusses utilization, insurance coverage, and research programs, and includes an extensive appendix charting epidemiological data on Latino health.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2011-09-08
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 144199453X

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Creating Infrastructures for Latino Mental Health by Anonim Pdf

Author : U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 74 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2019-11-19
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781794755369

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Behavioral Health Barometer (United States) - Volume 5 by U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Pdf

The Behavioral Health Barometer: United States, Volume 5: Indicators as measured through the 2017 National Survey on Drug Use and Health and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services, is one of a series of national, regional, and state reports that provide a snapshot of behavioral health in the United States. The reports present a set of substance use and mental health indicators as measured through the National Survey on Drug Use and Health (NSDUH) and the National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), sponsored by SAMHSA.

Author : Natasha J. Cabrera,Hiram E. Fitzgerald
Publisher : ABC-CLIO
Page : 538 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2011-02-02
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9780313382963

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Latina and Latino Children's Mental Health by Natasha J. Cabrera,Hiram E. Fitzgerald Pdf

A team of expert academics and practitioners examines the life circumstances that impact Latino/a youth growing up in two cultures--their native culture and that of the United States. What effect does growing up in an ethnic minority and perhaps in an immigrant family have on development? That is the overarching question Latina and Latino Children's Mental Health sets out to answer. The work examines all of the myriad physical, psychological, social, and environmental factors that undermine or support healthy development in Latino American children, from biology to economics to public policy. The first volume of this two-volume set focuses on early-life experiences and the second on youth/adolescent issues, treating such topics as children's development of a sense of self, development of linguistic skills, peer relationships, sexual orientation, and physical development. The work analyzes familial relationships, often an important resource that helps young people build resilience despite the stresses of migration. And it looks at patterns of behavior, social status, and social-goal orientations that differentiate Latino/a children and adolescents from their African American and European American peers. Chapters from leading researchers across the United States who study Latino children and youth A glossary A bibliography