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Los adultos latinos en los Estados Unidos enfrentan serias disparidades en el cuidado de la salud mental. Una combinación de barreras a nivel de la persona, como el estigma, las actitudes negativas hacia los tratamientos de salud mental y la alfabetización limitada de la salud mental, contribuyen a estas desigualdades en la atención de la salud mental. Esta hoja informativa incluye información sobre cómo las barreras a nivel de persona impactan las disparidades en la atención de la salud mental en la comunidad latina. La hoja informativa también describe cómo una herramienta de alfabetización de la depresión titulada "Sentimientos secretos" que integra elementos culturales de la comunidad latina y utiliza un enfoque de educación de entretenimiento puede ayudar a abordar estas barreras para la atención. La información incluye resultados de estudios que indican que el uso de "Sentimientos secretos" puede mejorar la atención de salud mental en la comunidad latina

The current sociocultural climate and discourse in the United States elucidate the importance of understanding our humanity while fostering deeper cross-cultural relationships.   As the nation demographically represents a multitude of cultures, our ability to engage in thoughtful and meaningful discussions on cultural issues, remains ever-present.  This factsheet describes why and how cultural humility matters in our work as service providers, the current literature on color-blind racial ideology, and implicit bias. The factsheet mentions the importance of understanding one’s own limitations in ideologies as a way to enhance our service as cultural workers, both personally and professionally.

El clima y el discurso sociocultural actual en los Estados Unidos aclaran la importancia de comprender nuestra humanidad al tiempo que fomentamos relaciones interculturales más profundas. Como la nación representa demográficamente una multitud de culturas, nuestra capacidad de participar en debates reflexivos y significativos sobre temas culturales, permanece siempre presente. Esta hoja informativa describe por qué y cómo la humildad cultural es importante en nuestro trabajo como proveedores de servicios, la literatura actual sobre ideología racial daltónica y prejuicios implícitos. La hoja informativa menciona la importancia de comprender las propias limitaciones de las ideologías como una forma de mejorar nuestro servicio como trabajadores culturales, tanto personal como profesionalmente.

This flyer provides an overview of Mid-America MHTTC services in the field of serious mental illness.

State-specific resources to assist providers in navigating health coverage requirements that may impact the prescription of hepatitis c treatment.

On December 4th, Rebekah Behan and Tim Marshall introduced Children's System of Care. The system of care (SOC) is a comprehensive spectrum of mental health, behavioral health, and other necessary services organized in a coordinated network to meet the multiple and changing needs of children, youth, and their families. This webinar allowed participants to develop a clear understanding of the values and principles of a children’s system of care, to identify the relationship and differences between a children’s SOC and an adult SOC and to learn the necessary steps to implementing a system of care approach.

Newsletter published December 3, 2019.

Michael Compton, MD, and Amy Watson, PhD, present jointly on potential solutions to the problem of criminalization of serious mental illnesses. They provide an overview of several models including Crisis Intervention Team, Mobile Crisis Teams, Specialized EMS, and the Police-Mental Health Linkage System.

Michael Compton, MD, and Amy Watson, PhD, present jointly on the problem of criminalization of serious mental illnesses. They provide an overview of the criminal justice process, criminal justice involvement among those with serious mental illness, and de-institutionalization.

This month: we share information on HealthEKnowledge (our online learning portal), and share our hosted webinars and events. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here.

This flyer provides an overview of Mid-America MHTTC services in the field of integrated behavioral health and primary care.

This document informs on what complicated grief is and how the Hispanic and Latino children and youth express it. It provides key aspects of Hispanic and Latino culture and three evidence-based interventions that have been proven to work to address the grieving process with Hispanic and Latino children, youths, and their families. Also, it covers how school personnel can manage this process.  

This brief document informs about the prevalence of bullying among Hispanic and Latino students in the school setting.  Although we have observed a decrease in bullying statistics, Hispanics and Latino students can be the target of these violent behaviors due to race or ethnicity. The document covers effective prevention efforts to address bullying in the school setting. English and Spanish versions are available. Spanish version

Este documento informa sobre la prevalencia del acoso escolar en los estudiantes hispanos y latinos. Aunque se ha observado un descenso en las estadísticas de bullying en esta población, los estudiantes hispanos y latinos pueden ser víctimas de conductas violentas por su raza o etnia. El documento incluye esfuerzos efectivos de prevención del acoso en el ambiente escolar. English Version

This infographic summarizes how discrimination and acculturation stress affects Hispanic and Latino children and youth mental health and the reasons for seeking mental health services. It also covers three promising evidence-based interventions that address the mental health needs of Hispanic and Latino children and youth. English and Spanish versions are available.

En esta infografía se resume como la discriminación y el estrés de aculturación afecta a los niños y jóvenes hispanos y latinos, también las razones para buscar servicios de salud mental. El documento incluye tres intervenciones prometedoras basadas en evidencia que aborda las necesidades de salud mental en esta población.

This document informs about the importance of students' mental health in school, the provision of school mental health services, and the role of social workers in the school setting. It also covers key elements for understanding and engaging Hispanic and Latino students and families into mental health care. 

The infographic highlights factors contributing to stress among Hispanic and Latino communities due to racial and ethnicity discrimination.

A Collaboration Between the Great Lakes MHTTC and the New England MHTTC Trauma-informed agencies and practitioners are essential to providing high quality behavioral health care. Data shows that a high percentage of individuals seeking behavioral health care have experienced some level of trauma in their lives. This three-part webinar series provides an overview of the principles of trauma-informed care, ways to implement it in your organization, and how it aligns with and promotes recovery-oriented practice. Access the webinar recordings:   Part 1: What is Trauma-Informed Care and Why Does it Matter?   Part 2: Recovery-Oriented Approaches Part 3: How to Implement Trauma-Informed Care

Every year we celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month and make strides to helping the broader U.S. society learn more about Hispanics as a group. This is important and we should continue to do so. But to truly begin to impact the health and mental health inequities impacting Latinx, we must go beyond the three F’s that characterize heritage months: food, fun, and festival. We need to better understand the significant differences in the very diverse Latinx community, from generational, linguistic, and acculturation differences among various Latinx subgroups, to geographic differences across the U.S. We must also truly understand that being Latinx is not sufficient to effectively work with Latinx communities, and that non-Latinx providers, who are the majority of providers, can learn to work effectively with the Latinx community. This 1-hour webinar targeted to Latinx and non-Latinx providers will help us begin to “unpack” Latinx diversity and discuss what this diversity means for service provision in health and behavioral health. At the conclusion of this webinar, participants will be able to: 1. Understand significant differences in the very diverse Latinx community, including generational, linguistic, acculturation, and geographic differences. 2. Discuss challenges in assuming that being Latinx is all we need to effectively work with Latinx clients. 3. List strategies to enlist non-Latinx providers in our efforts to address Latinx health and behavioral health inequities. 4. List strategies for increasing the competency and proficiency of all providers who work with Latinx communities.

This presentation will look at creative intervention strategies to address the continually evolving needs in a newcomer campus that works primarily with Latino students. We will discuss the spectrum of “traditional” mental health services as well as best practices that have been implemented, including the therapy bunny, garden, and restorative circles. An overview of the needs of the school and the students will be presented to provide background on the development and implementation of the intervention strategies. The challenges that have arisen, creative solutions that have been adopted and the unexpected successes will be shared to provide participants strategies that they can implement in their settings.   

This month: we launch our monthly newsletter, share recordings of hosted webinars, and announce upcoming events. Subscribe to our monthly newsletter here.

This informational webinar will give an overview of the Ohio Masters Series: Cultural Competence in Behavioral Health. This learning collaborative is designed to help Ohio organizations prepare the behavioral health workforce to serve individuals from diverse backgrounds. The four-month training and learning collaborative will give participants the skills they need to improve service delivery, enhance treatment outcomes, and integrate cultural and linguistic competence into their organizational structures.  

A webcast event hosted by the South Southwest Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (a SAMHSA-funded initiative) at the Texas Institute for Excellence in Mental Health.