References from Webinar:

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Care

for Early Psychosis

Dr. Jorge Ramírez García

Psychosis & Schizophrenia

• Nuechterlein KH, Dawson ME, Ventura J, Gitlin M, Subotnik KL, Synder KS, Mintz J, Bartzokis G (1994) The vulnerability/ stress model of schizophrenic relapse: a longitudinal study. Acta Psychiatr Scand 89:58–64.
• Burden of disease & schizophrenia as a disparity.
• YouTube video, "What is Psychosis?" suitable for a general audience

National Institute of Mental Health Resources on psychosis

• Understanding Psychosis
• NIMH factsheet on psychosis

National Alliance on Mental Illness on psychosis and early psychosis

• Early Psychosis and Psychosis

At this page, there are links to several PDF fact sheets that can be downloaded:

• What is Early and First-Episode Psychosis?
• Early Psychosis: What's Going on and What Can You Do?
• Encouraging People to Seek Help for Early Psychosis
• Early Intervention: Tips for School Staff and Coaches

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Services

• Beach MC, Price EG, Gary TL, Robinson KA, Gozu A, Palacio A, et al. (2005). Cultural Competence: A Systematic Review of Health Care Provider Educational Interventions. Medical Care. 2005;43(4):356-73.

Cultural Formulation Interview

• Jarvis, G. E., Kirmayer, L. J., Gomez-Carrillo, A. et al. (2020 epub). Update on the Cultural Formulation Interview. Focus. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.focus.20190037
• Neil Krishan Aggarwal, Kryst Cedeno & Roberto Lewis-Fernandez (2019) Patient and clinician communication practices during the DSM-5 cultural formulation interview field trial, Anthropology & Medicine, DOI: 10.1080/13648470.2019.1641014

National Culturally and Linguistically Appropriate Services Standards

• US Department of Health & Human Services Think Cultural Health library of resources
• Improving culturally competency for behavioral health professionals (e-learning program)

Literature Reviews & Reports

• U. S. Department of Health and Human Services (2001). Mental health: Culture, race, and ethnicity. A supplement to mental health: A report of the Surgeon General. Rockville, MD.

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Services

• Barrera Jr, M., Castro, F. G., Strycker, L. A., & Toobert, D. J. (2013). Cultural adaptations of behavioral health interventions: A progress report. Journal of consulting and clinical psychology, 81(2), 196.
• Bernal, G. E., & Domenech Rodríguez, M. M. (2012). Cultural adaptations: Tools for evidence-based practice with diverse populations (pp. xix-307). American Psychological Association.
• Bhui, K., Warfa, N., Edonya, P., McKenzie, K., & Bhugra, D. (2007). Cultural competence in mental health care: a review of model evaluations. BMC Health Services Research, 7(1), 15.
• Chambers, D. A., & Norton, W. E. (2016). The Adaptome: Advancing the Science of Intervention Adaptation. American Journal of Preventive Medicine, 51(4 Suppl 2), S124–S131. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amepre.2016.05.011
• Cook, B. L., Zuvekas, S. H., Carson, N., Wayne, G. F., Vesper, A., & McGuire, T. G. (2014). Assessing racial/ethnic disparities in treatment across episodes of mental health care. Health Services Research, 49(1), 206-229.
• Cross T, Bazron B, Dennis K, Isaacs M. Towards a culturally competent system of care. Washington DC: CAASP Technical Assistance Center; 1989.
• Horvat, L., Horey, D., Romios, P., & Kis‐Rigo, J. (2014). Cultural competence for health professionals. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, (5).
• Kral, M, Ramírez García, J. I., Aber, M., Masood, N., Dutta, U., & Todd, N. (2011). Culture and community psychology: Toward a renewed and reimagined vision. American Journal of Community Psychology, 47, 46-57.
• Lakes, K., López, S. R., & Garro, L. C. (2006). Cultural competence and psychotherapy: Applying anthropologically informed conceptions of culture. Psychotherapy: Theory, Research, Practice, Training, 43(4), 380.
• Lopez, S. R. (1997). Cultural competence in psychotherapy: A guide for clinicians and their supervisors.
• Resnicow, K., Soler, R., Braithwaite, R. L., Ahluwalia, J. S., & Butler, J. (2000). Cultural sensitivity in substance use prevention. Journal of Community Psychology, 28(3), 271-290.
• Sue S, Zane N, GCN H, Berger L. (2009) The case for cultural competency in psychotherapeutic interventions. Annual Review of Psychology; 60:525-48.

Psychosis: Culture and Ethnic determinants

• Braveman, P., Egerter, S., & Williams, D. R. (2011). The social determinants of health: Coming of age. Annual Review Public Health, 32, 381-398.
• Compton, M. T., & Broussard, B. (2011). Conceptualizing the multifaceted determinants of the duration of untreated psychosis. Current Psychiatry Reviews, 7(1), 1-11.
• Dorian, M., Ramirez Garcia, J. I., López, S. R., & Hernández, B. (2008). Acceptance and expressed emotion in Mexican American caregivers of relatives with schizophrenia. Family Process, 47(2), 215-228.
• Guarnaccia, P. J., Parka, P., Deschamps, A., Milstein, G., & Argiles, N. (1992). Si Dios quiere: Hispanic families' experiences of caring for a seriously mentally ill family member. Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry, 16(2), 187-215.
• Guarnaccia, P. J. & Rodriguez, O. (1996). Concepts of culture and their role in the development of culturally competent mental health services. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 18, 419-443.
• Lopez, S. R., Ramírez García, J. I., Ullman, J. B., Kopelowicz, A., Jenkins, J. H., Breithborde, N. J. & Palencia, P. (2009). Cultural variability in the manifestation of expressed emotion. Family Process, 48, 179-194.
• Lopez, S. R., Kopelowicz, A., & Canive, J. M. (2002). Strategies in developing culturally congruent family interventions for schizophrenia: The case of Hispanics. Family Interventions in Mental Illness: International perspectives, 61-90.
• Magaña, S. M., Ramirez Garcia, J. I., Hernández, M. G., & Cortez, R. (2007). Psychological distress among Latino family caregivers of adults with schizophrenia: The roles of burden and stigma. Psychiatric Services, 58(3), 378-384.
• Maura, J., & de Mamani, A. W. (2017). Mental health disparities, treatment engagement, and attrition among racial/ethnic minorities with severe mental illness: a review. Journal of Clinical Psychology in Medical Settings, 24(3-4), 187-210.
• Marquez, J. A., & Ramírez García, J. I. (2011). Family caregivers monitoring of medication usage: A qualitative study of Mexican Americans with serious mental illness.  Culture Medicine and Psychiatry, 35, 63-82.
• Marquez, J. A., & Ramírez García, J. I. (2013). Family caregivers narratives of mental health treatment usage processes by their Latino adult relatives with Serious and Persistent Mental Illness.  Journal of Family Psychology, 27, pp. 398-408.
• Kuipers, E., Onwurmere, J. & Bebbington, P.  et al. (2010). Cognitive model of caregiving in psychosis. The British Journal of Psychiatry, 196, 259-265.
• Lopez, S. R., Ramírez García, J. I., Ullman, J. B., Kopelowicz, A., Jenkins, J. H., Breithborde, N. J. & Palencia, P. (2009). Cultural variability in the manifestation of expressed emotion. Family Process, 48, 179-194.
• Ramírez García, J. I. (2019). Integrating Latina/o determinants of health in research to promote population health and reduce health disparities. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25, 21-31.
• Ramírez García, J. I., Chang, C., Young, J., López, S. R., & Jenkins, J. H. (2006). Family support predicts psychiatric medication usage among Mexican American individuals with schizophrenia. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 41, 624-631.
• Ramirez Garcia, J.I., Hernández, B., & Dorian, M. (2009). Mexican American caregivers’ coping efficacy. Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology, 44(2), 162.
• Ramírez García, J. I., Wood, J. M., Hosch, H. M., & D. Meyer, L. D. (2004). Predicting psychiatric rehospitalizations: Examining the role of Latino versus European American Ethnicity. Psychological Services, 1, 147-157.

Psychosis Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Programs

• Kopelowicz, A. (1998). Adapting social skills for Latinos with schizophrenia. International Review of Psychiatry, 10, 47-50.
• Koelowicz, A., Zarate, R., Wallace, C. J., Liberman, R. P., Lopez, S. R., & Mintz, J. (2012). Archives of General Psychiatry, 69, 26-273.
• Koelowicz, A., Zarate, R., Wallace, C. J., Liberman, R. P., Lopez, S. R., & Mintz, J. (2015). Using the theory of planned behavior to improve treatment adherence in Mexican Americans with schizophrenia. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 83, 985-993.
• Liberman, R. P., & Kopelowicz, R. (2009). Training skills for illness self-management in the rehabilitation of schizophrenia: A family-assisted program for Latinos in California. Salud Mental, 31, 93-105.
• Lopez, S. R., Kopelowicz, A., & Canive, J. M. (2002). Strategies in developing culturally congruent family interventions for schizophrenia: The case of Hispanics. Family Interventions in mental illness: International Perspectives, 61-90.
• Valencia, M., Moriana, J.A., Kopelowicz, A., Lopez, S. R., & Liberman, R. P. (2015). Social-skills training for Spanish-speaking persons with schizophrenia: Experiences from Latin America, Spain, and the United States. American Journal of Psychiatric Rehabilitation, 18, 209-246.
• Weisman de Mamani, A., Weintraub, M. J., Gurak, K., & Maura, J. (2014). A randomized clinical trial to test the efficacy of a family-focused, culturally informed therapy for schizophrenia. Journal of Family Psychology, 28(6), 800.
• La Clave [The Key]. Psychosis Health Literacy Outreach
• López, S. R., Gamez, D., Mejia, Y., Calderon, V., Lopez, D., Ullman, J. B., & Kopelowicz, A. (2018). Psychosis literacy among Latinos with first-episode psychosis and their caregivers. Psychiatric Services, 69(11), 1153–1159. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201700400