“During the mid-eighties, the Nationalities Service of Central California in Fresno received a short-term federal grant of $100,965 to establish what it termed ‘an integrated mental health delivery service utilizing Hmong healers and western health providers (269).’” Which resulted in treating 250 patients with mental health problems. It also provided Hmong’s 8 Txiv neebs and 18 healing ceremonies. In addition, the Merced County Health Department developed a cross-cultural education program named; “Bridging the Gap.” This program trains nurses with interpreting and advocacy skills. As well as “cultural competence,” in order for these nurses to understand their patients better and help treat them in the way they would feel comfortable.
n order to eliminate disparities in mental healthcare for Latinos, Researchers have to first document the scope of disparities, recognize factors and processes that cause Latinos mental health disparities in care. Then, mental health services and policies apply this data to develop and implement interventions aimed at eliminating the trends in care. In other words, by achieving this endeavor, policymakers and mental health services must be informed by research because research can provides best available evidences, documents specific trends in care, produce valuable information about the pathways that have the potential to reduce disparities, explains why and how the inequities occur, and how to deliver high quality mental health care
Research Question: Are Hispanics more likely to ignore their depressive disorders in contrast to other societies? Review of Literature: Depression among cultures and ethnicities can differ not only on its triggers but also on its treatment preferences. The purpose of this project is to observe the correlation between Hispanics and the possible lack of education regarding depressive disorders and their treatment options. It is difficult to research and classify all Latinos since many groups exist even within the same nation. For this reason, we will organize our research in different groups, in this case we will only be pursuing information on Mexican immigrants residing in the US.
The mental health rate among Hmong has been found to be high compare to other Western population. The major cause of mental health diagnosis is linked to traumatic war related events that they had experienced back in their homeland and acculturation changes in the United
Every Resident Advisor (RA) answers the on-call phone with a bit of apprehension, but when the caller tells you that they are concerned that their friend may hurt herself physically, all your nerves stand on edge. It was this experience and others like it that reaffirmed my decision to pursue a career in the Healthcare field with a specific interest in mental health. My life’s journey began on a small multiracial island where we believed and practiced “every creed and race find an equal place,” these words taken from our country’s national anthem. In our multicultural society, religion played a large role in influencing the societal norms and practices which were of a conservative nature.
Some of these risk factors include: background, acculturation, acculturative stress, and socioeconomic. Other issues, in terms of Hispanic clients not using mental health services are due to the lack of client-therapist ethnic match, the personal biases of therapist in regards to clients, and lack of linguistically compatible services create barriers to effective mental health service delivery for Hispanic clients (Kouyoumdjian, et. al, 2003). Also, the lack of culturally responsive assessment tools and treatment approaches may play a role in understanding the insufficient quality of service delivery. (Institution for Hispanic Health,
Said risks include poverty, cultural (not culturally acceptable to talk about feelings) and even lack of positive role models within a group. The goal of SBMHPPs are to offer students in the urban community a continuous follow up among the students they are trying to reach. Along with policies in school, these programs reinforce those policies to better the Latin community that struggles with mental health issues. This article focuses directly on ethnic minority communities in the state of New York. The participants, starting out at 184 students later dropping to 174, were from two schools that provides a mental health program within their school.
POSITION PAPER ON MENTAL HEALTH STIGMA 1. The Air Force should do more to eradicate the stigma associated with airmen who seek help and receive mental health care. Mental health treatment has carried a significant stigma in the general public and among military members. The Department of Defense and the Air Force have taken significant steps to improve access to mental healthcare and remove the stigma associated with mental health treatment. Current Air Force mental health screening options are ineffective and inefficient.
Hispanics constitute a good portion of the United States population. It is estimated that they make up about 8% of the US and by the year 2050 one in five Americans will be Hispanic (U.S. Bureau of the Census, 1992). Hispanic people in the US are confronted with language barriers, discrimination, and poverty. These factors make this part of the population very susceptible to a variety of mental health issues. Proper care and treatment are vital for this segment of the population.
Another factor is the stigma that many cultures attach to mental health issues. In some cultures, being open about mental health struggles can lead to “social isolation and social sanctions” (Chaze, Thomson, George, & Guruge, 2015, p.96) Many immigrants are also used to seeing mental health issues as a weakness and fear not being able to trust anyone with their issues (Chaze et al., 2015, p.96). Low levels of English proficiency and the stigma that is attached to mental health are two of the many causes of low levels of mental health literacy among the immigrant population. Mental health literacy can be defined as “the ability to seek information, learn, appraise, make decisions, communicate information, prevent diseases and promote individual, family and community health” (Simich, 2010, p.17).
Mental health parity defines the equivalent treatment of mental health conditions and substance use disorders in specific insurance plans. When a plan experiences parity, it means that if an individual is provided unlimited doctor visits for a chronic condition like diabetes then they must offer unlimited visits for a mental health condition such as depression or schizophrenia. However, parity doesn 't mean that an individual will get good mental health coverage. Due to research and multiple sources comprehensive parity requires equal coverage, not necessarily "good" coverage. If the health insurance plan is very limited, then mental health coverage will be compromised even in a state with a strong law or in a plan that is subject to another nature of parity.
Thus, in this paper, I will focus on defining of East Asian American immigrant children who are moving to the United States after their birth rather than refugees or asylum seekers. As mental illness is extremely stigmatizing in almost all Asian cultures currently, so, compared to Caucasians, Asian Americans exhibited significantly elevated
Struggling to Find Resources for Mental Health in The Black Community Mental health in the Black community is often left on the back burner. For instance, for as long as slavery African American mental health stigma has always been an unfair social attitude (McLean, 2023). As an African American, I always felt that mental health in general is a challenging topic to speak about and nobody really knows the correct words to use. It has been stated that a black person who suffers from a mental health illness is not reported as much as a white person who may suffer from a mental health illness (Guerra, 2022). As a black person it is already hard being black in this society however, being black and someone who suffered from mental health issues made
Unmet counseling needs of the diverse client are because of unavailability. The unaffordability leads to less met mental health needs to the diverse
According Ater,(1998)mental health and well being is an integral part of an individual’s life, capacity t fulfil their life, form and enter into relationships as well make daily choices that make life meaningful. It is influenced by attributes of an individual, social circumstance that an individual dwells by interacting dynamically to either protect or threaten the mental state of the individual. Clinical research has shown high degree of distress and mental health problems in refugees Pumariega (2015) further suggest that the life an individual leads may pose risks that appear later in the life of n individual and may change and shape their life depending on the local context. The context is shaped by social and economic factors, environmental
