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La violencia de pareja íntima (VPI) es un problema de salud pública grave y prevenible que afecta a millones de personas (CDC, 2019). El término “violencia de pareja” describe el daño físico, sexual o psicológico por parte de una pareja o cónyuge actual o anterior. Este tipo de violencia puede darse entre parejas heterosexuales o del mismo sexo. Los datos indican que las latinas experimentan tasas similares de violencia de pareja íntima (VPI) en comparación con las mujeres que no son latinas. Aproximadamente 1 de cada 3 latinas (34.4 %) experimentará VPI a lo largo de su vida y 1 de cada 12 latinas (8.6%) ha experimentado VPI en los últimos 12 meses, incluyendo violencia física y sexual, así como acoso. Este producto ofrece una guía para abordar consideraciones socioculturales y recomendaciones clínicas al evaluar y brindar servicios de salud mental a latinas que experimentaron IPV.

This resource contains a compendium of the Youth Gang curriculum that can help understand the Hispanic and Latino youth gang involvement and the context and implications for the mental health repercussions. This desk reference will include a quick look at the following topics: Mental Impacts of Gang Involvement Trauma and Stress Substance and Abuse and other Mental Effects Common Reasons for Gang Joining Geographic and Environmental Factors Push and Pull Factors Hispanic and Latino Identity Cultural Considerations when working with Latino Youth and Families Cultural Inclusive Approach Main Takeaways 

Cultural Adaptations of Evidence-Based Interventions for Latinx Populations is a publication produced by the National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (National Hispanic and Latino MHTTC). The main goals of the publication are to help educators and supervisors train clinicians to culturally adapt existing evidence-based treatments (EBTs) for the Latinx population they serve; describe an array of cultural adaptation models, frameworks, and methods; highlight the benefits and challenges of undertaking cultural adaptations, and provide recommendations and resources to culturally adapt and implement an existing EBT.

Intimate partner violence (IPV) is a serious, preventable public health problem that affects millions of individuals (CDC, 2019). Intimate partner violence describes physical, sexual, or psychological harm by a current or former partner or spouse. This type of violence can occur among heterosexual or same-sex couples. Data indicate that Latinas experience similar rates of Intimate Partner Violence (IPV) compared to non-Latinas. About 1 in 3 Latinas (34.4 %) will experience IPV during her lifetime, and 1 in 12 Latinas (8.6%) has experienced IPV in the previous 12 months, including physical and sexual violence and stalking. This product offers guidelines for addressing sociocultural considerations and clinical recommendations while assessing and providing mental health services to Latinas that experienced IPV. 

Objectives: •Describe the Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch-Up home visiting program. •Understand how to balance maintaining fidelity to the model and culturally and linguistic responsive home visiting. •Develop an understanding of culturally responsive efforts to support Latino families and home visitors

Recording of Person Centered Care with Native Americans. Please join us for our monthly MHTTC event, Person Centered Care with Native Americans. This event took place on November 9, 2022.

Join us for this month's MHTTC event. This event took place on October 12, 2022.

Culture shapes every aspect of patient care, influencing when, where, how, and to whom patients narrate their experiences of illness and distress, the patterning of symptoms, and the models' clinicians use to interpret and understand symptoms in terms of psychiatric diagnoses. Culture also shapes patients’ perceptions of care, including what types of treatment are acceptable and for how long. Even when patients and clinicians share similar cultural, ethnic or linguistic backgrounds, culture impacts care through other influences on identity, such as those due to gender, age, class, race, occupation, sexual orientation, and religion. Culture affects the clinical encounter for every patient, not only underserved minority groups, and cultural formulation, therefore, is an essential component of any comprehensive assessment. Cultural misunderstandings, biases, and communication gaps between providers and patients also contribute to disparities in the care of diverse populations, including by race/ethnicity, religion, gender identity, and sexual orientation, suggesting person-centered cultural evaluation may help reduce care disparities. To address this need, DSM-5 introduced a Cultural Formulation Interview (CFI) that is comprised of three components: a 16-question “core” version for interviewing patients, an informant version for obtaining collateral information, and 12 supplementary modules for a more comprehensive assessment. Clinicians may choose to administer one or several of these components with individual patients. This factsheet includes brief information on this person-centered cultural assessment, the areas it evaluates as well as links to access the instrument.

La cultura da forma a cada aspecto de la atención al paciente e influye en cuándo, dónde, cómo y a quién los pacientes narran sus experiencias de enfermedad y angustia, el patrón de los síntomas y los modelos clínicos que los médicos utilizan para interpretar y comprender los síntomas en términos de diagnósticos psiquiátricos. La cultura también da forma a las percepciones de atención de los pacientes, incluido qué tipos de tratamiento son aceptables y por cuánto tiempo. Incluso cuando los pacientes y los médicos comparten antecedentes culturales, étnicos o lingüísticos similares, la cultura impacta la atención a través de otras influencias en la identidad, como las debidas al género, edad, clase, raza, ocupación, orientación sexual y religión. La cultura afecta el encuentro clínico de cada paciente, no solo los grupos minoritarios desatendidos, y la formulación cultural, por lo tanto, es un componente esencial de cualquier evaluación integral. Los malentendidos culturales, los prejuicios y las brechas de comunicación entre los proveedores y los pacientes también contribuyen a las disparidades en el cuidado de diversas poblaciones, incluso por raza / etnia, religión, identidad de género y orientación sexual, lo que sugiere que la evaluación cultural centrada en la persona puede ayudar a reducir las disparidades de cuidado. Para abordar esta necesidad, el DSM-5 introdujo una Entrevista de formulación cultural (CFI) que consta de tres componentes: una versión "básica" de 16 preguntas para entrevistar a pacientes, una versión informante para obtener información colateral y 12 módulos complementarios para obtener más información. evaluación integral Los médicos pueden optar por administrar uno o varios de estos componentes con pacientes individuales. Esta hoja informativa incluye información breve sobre esta evaluación cultural centrada en la persona, las áreas que evalúa y los enlaces para acceder al instrumento.

This event took place November 9, 2022

This factsheet addresses structural barriers to receiving accessible and responsive mental health care services (e.g., lack of culturally and linguistically appropriate services, lack of insurance, transportation, and awareness of the mental health system) among Hispanic and Latinx populations in the U.S. Due to such factors, mental health care providers require the knowledge and skills to identify and help address the societal and community-level barriers that negatively impact behavioral health care outcomes among Hispanic and Latinx communities. A crucial step towards helping increase health equity and accessibility of services among Hispanic and Latinx groups is building upon programs and strategies which promote and strengthen community-driven mental health services and which can deliver culturally oriented practices.

Esta hoja informativa aborda las barreras estructurales para recibir servicios de atención de salud mental accesibles y receptivos (p. ej., falta de servicios cultural y lingüísticamente apropiados, falta de seguro, transporte y conocimiento del sistema de salud mental) entre las poblaciones hispanas y latinas en los EE. UU. Debido a tales factores, los proveedores de atención de salud mental requieren de conocimiento y las habilidades para identificar y ayudar a abordar las barreras sociales y comunitarias que afectan negativamente el comportamiento.  Un paso crucial para ayudar a aumentar la equidad en la salud y la accesibilidad de los servicios entre los grupos hispanos y latinos es basarse en programas y estrategias que promuevan y fortalezcan los servicios de salud mental impulsados por la comunidad y que puedan ofrecer prácticas orientadas culturalmente.

Social Wellness fact sheet

The National American Indian and Alaska Native MHTTC has published its most recent newsletter. The theme for this issue is Addressing Suicide in Native Communities.  This issue focuses on tools and resources to provide culturally informed suicide prevention services, especially for Native youth and young adults.

It is not possible to parallel the number of treatment and recovery service providers who are Hispanic and Latino with the number of Hispanic and Latino people who need those services. Fortunately, providers do not have to share ethnicity with the people they serve to be culturally responsive and skilled. Providers can increase their knowledge and awareness and incorporate their knowledge into practice in daily interactions. Aware of this reality, the National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center has a catalog of products, trainings, and technical assistance that enhances the education of the workforce with topics that contribute to the enrichment, knowledge, and competence in relevant topics for Hispanic and Latino populations.  

Pocket Guide: Spirit of Communication: Motivational Interviewing in Native American Communities Topics include the OARS approach (Open-ended strategies, Affirmation, Reflective Listening, Summary), the Four Flavors of Ambivalence, and Motivational Interviewing change processes. Download the guide.

PURPOSE This book guides mental health providers working with Latinx communities from México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. Specifically, it presents unique and specific experiences of Mexican, Guatemalan, Salvadoran, and Honduran communities in the country of origin and the United States and their possible impact on the mental health among these communities. A focus on the intersecting role of oppression, historical trauma, oppressive policies, and current stressors (COVID-19) is explored in the context of mental health considerations. The book serves to better inform providers and clinical educators on how historical contexts can provide unique insights into the mental health experience of Latinx communities.   STATEMENT OF NEED Latinx communities represent the largest minority group in the United States. The latest data from the US Census indicates that there are currently 60.6 million Latinxs in the US, representing 18.5% of the total US population (US Census, 2020). Latinx communities have historically been oppressed due to colonialization, modern-day oppression, and racist political agendas (both in their country of origin and the United States). Latinxs experience multiple stressors affecting their mental health and experience barriers to culturally responsive treatment.   CONTENT OF THE BOOK The book includes a unique look at the intersection of historical contexts and mental health challenges experienced among Latinx communities from México, Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. The book also provides useful resources and recommendations for mental health providers and clinical educators to better serve Latinx populations. The chapters on identified countries address specific historical events of the country, migration patterns, indigenous communities, settlement patterns in the U.S., demographics, cultural values, mental health, and substance use-related issues.   BENEFITS FOR MENTAL HEALTH CLINICIANS Improve culturally responsive practices Increase engagement among Latinx populations receiving mental health services Increase wellness among Latinxs receiving mental health services Improve the therapeutic alliance with Latinx populations Recognize the intersection of historical contexts with mental health experiences Include historical contexts in conceptualizations to inform presenting concerns and interventions    

Slides from the session Trauma Informed Care in Indian Country. Click HERE to view the event recording. This event took place on September 14, 2022. 

Slides from the session Native Food is Medicine: Providing Emotional/ Resilient Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food. Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic (https://www.sanartecommunity.com). Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. Session #5

Slides from the session 988 National Crisis Number - A Tribal Outreach Approach. Please join us for our monthly MHTTC webinar. This event took place on August 24th, 2022. 

Recording of 988 National Crisis Number - A Tribal Outreach Approach. Please join us for our Monthly MHTTC webinar. This event took place on August 24th, 2022.

Recording of Native Food is Medicine: Providing Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food. Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic (https://www.sanartecommunity.com). Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. Session #5

Slides from the session Native Medicine: Cultivating Mental Health Resilience and Deep Rooted Vitality for AI/AN Youth. Join us to activate (y)our full presence, power, and resilience. We will be guided by Gera Marin, a Traditional Healing Arts Practitioner, Sacred Runner (Chaski), urban farmer, and Coach guide us in a 6 class journey where he will share techniques to generate emotional stability amidst the storms. Whether you are an educator, parent, organizer, or tribal leader, this series will support you with physical and mental fitness tools to assist you in sustaining your highest potentials in service of AI/AN youth communities. Through a combination of guided movement, mindfulness practices, and neuro linguistic reconditioning; participants will release self-limiting thought patterns inflicted by the colonial capitalistic dominant society and restore their innate resilience. This series is designed to lovingly support and create a space for those of you that serve in inequitable and challenging conditions, a space for you to regenerate, while reinvigorating your personal practices/routines. Session #4

Slides from the session Native Food is Medicine: Providing Emotional/ Resilient Support for AI/AN Youth through the Healing Power of Food.  Join us as we share our cultural connection to food, apply a balanced way of eating, and incorporate Indigenous traditions into our lives with the healing power of food. We welcome Dr. Vanessa Quezada (Kickapoo/Chichimeca). She is a pharmacist and founding member of SanArte Healing and Cultura clinic (https://www.sanartecommunity.com). Her work is at the intersections of Native traditional healing, food sovereignty and renewable energy that build more life-giving systems. Participants will become knowledgeable in providing emotional/ resilient support for AI/AN youth. Our school communities will develop healthier eating habits for successful outcomes in and out of the classroom. We will reflect upon our cultural connections to food and discuss the importance of sugar stability in the body as related to mental health support. We will learn how to adapt a balanced way of eating and discuss the role of stress, sleep and exercise. Together, we will develop plans for improving access to our traditional foods. Session #4