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Monterey County Resources for Latino Families of Patients with Mental Health Disorders

Monterey County Resources for Latino Families of Patients with Mental Health Disorders. Joyce Ramirez CHHS 302: Writing for the HHS Profession CHHS Dual Concentration. Professional Interest. CHHS Major Family Resources? Accessibility?. Critical Situation/Problem. Mental Health

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Monterey County Resources for Latino Families of Patients with Mental Health Disorders

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  1. Monterey County Resources for Latino Families of Patients with Mental Health Disorders Joyce Ramirez CHHS 302: Writing for the HHS Profession CHHS Dual Concentration

  2. Professional Interest • CHHS Major • Family • Resources? • Accessibility?

  3. Critical Situation/Problem • Mental Health • Higher rates for Hispanic • Hispanic Values • Disadvantages • How to deal?

  4. Rhetorical Timing • 20% US population affected • Economic Crisis • Culturally Relevant Resources

  5. “They say”: Summary of Causes and Effects • Solution? • Confidentiality • Resources

  6. Community Connection • Knowledge is power • 55% Latino pop in Monterey County • Economic indirect cost

  7. References Dixon, L.B., (2011). Outcomes of a randomized trial of the NAMI family to family. [Presentation slides]. Retrieved from www.nami.org/.../F2F_Research_Plenary_Presentation_2011.ppt Educating and empowering families: The Family-to-Family program helps people cope better with a loved one's mental illness. (2011). Harvard Mental Health Letter, 28(3), 5. Retrieved from EBSCOhost. Medvene, L. J., Mendoza, R., Harris, N., Lin, K., & Miller, M. (1995). Increasing Mexican American attendance of support groups for parents of the mentally ill: Organizational and psychological factors. Journal Of Community Psychology, 23(4), 307-325. National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2011a). About mental illness. What is mental illness: Mental illness facts. Retrieved from http://nami.org/ National Alliance on Mental Illness. (2011b). Inform yourself. Mental illness: Facts and numbers. Retrieved from http://nami.org/

  8. References Satcher, D., (1999). Mental health: A report of the surgeon general. Retrieved from http://surgeongeneral.gov/ library/mentalhealth/chapter2/sec9.html#family Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2010). Family psychoeducation evidence-based practices. Retrieved fromhttp://www.store.samhsa.gov/product/Family-Psychoeducation-Evidence- Based-Practices-EBP-KIT/SMA09-4423 Walsemann, K. M., Gee, G. C., & Geronimus, A. T. (2009). Ethnic differences in trajectories of depressive symptoms: Disadvantage in family background, high school experiences, and adult characteristics. Journal Of Health & Social Behavior, 50(1), 82-98.

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