Mental Health Care for Latin or Hispanic Americans Megan E. Gillard Texas A & M International University Abstract The Hispanic population in the United States has rapidly increased over the last decade and is underrepresented and cared for in mental health services. By understanding their culture and learning about the environment they live in therapists can better meet the patient’s needs. This paper covers Historical content‚ Family structure‚ Education‚ Rates of Psychiatric Disorders
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Psychological Disorder Analysis Marla is a forty-two year-old Hispanic woman. She works as an accountant. She has recently sought help at a local clinic for several unexplained symptoms she has been experiencing. Her symptoms are affecting her work life. Among her symptoms are sleeping difficulties‚ inability to concentrate‚ and feeling jumpy all the time (Axia College‚ 2013). Upon arriving at the clinic Marla was ask the following questions by the psychologist. Tell me some basic information
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The Los Angeles County Department of Mental Health is the largest county-operated mental health department in the United States‚ directly operating programs in more than 85 sites‚ and providing services via contract program and DMH staff at approximately 300 sites co-located with other County departments‚ schools‚ courts and other organizations. The goals are to: Provide quality‚ strength based mental health services to children. Help children achieve success at school and in the community. Strengthen
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Mental Health Issues in Transgender Females Defining Transgender In the past decade‚ the term transgender has rapidly come to be used to describe a range of social identities‚ a political movement‚ and a community that had no name until the early 1990s. Transgender women identify themselves as being a man either by feeling as if they are men or by having both genitalia at birth and the penis being removed leaving only a vagina. They are uncomfortable being identified as a woman and choose to
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more than 63% in the last ten years. The fast growth has made Alabaster a profitable place to do business and the demand for retail and restaurants is high. Alabaster’s crime rate is one of the lowest in Shelby County which makes it an attractive place to live. With its fast growing economy‚ Alabaster has much opportunity for employment (City of Alabaster). Though industry is high‚ opportunities for mental health care are low. Shelby County has a mental health clinic‚ though it is not located in
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influenced the development of the clinic. Political forces that can have an influence on the development of this clinic could be ;how much of the states budget is allocated to healthcare and how that money is distributed amongst the state. It can also determine what positions will be funded‚ what equipment will be purchased‚ what programs should be adopted‚ and which current programs should be dropped. Social forces that can influence the development of this clinic could include; traditions‚ values
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Who Constitute the Hispanics? The term ‘Hispanic’ recognizes people whose cultural ancestry lies first in Spain and then in the Spanish-speaking countries of Latin America which comprises of Mexico‚ Central America and most of South America except Brazil‚ and several Caribbean nations. The term gained wide spread prominence only after the 1960s. (Jorge Iber‚ 2005:6). Spanish and Portuguese explorers and settlers began to arrive in America in the early 1500s. With the intermingling of different communities
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Roll no.: 69-74 SCHOOL HEALTH CLINIC Boundary Road‚ Mymensingh Date of visit: 27/03/2011 Briefed by: Dr. Sahin Sultana‚ Medical Officer. PREFACE The school health program encompasses comprehensive health care (promotive‚ preventive‚ curative and rehabilitative) to school students in order to prepare them physically‚ mentally socially for entry into adulthood as a step towards achieving the goal of ‘Health for All’. The school health program dates back to 1951
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happened at the Jewish General Hospital’s Women’s Health Clinic. Mrs. Z is a 34 year old female from a Filipino ethnic background. She works as a housekeeper. Mrs. Z is pregnant with her 2nd child and her estimated date of confinement is November 21st 2015. The fetus is active at home. She currently has gestational diabetes (GD) which is being treated for by diet control and insulin‚ both Humulin R and Humulin N. Otherwise‚ no thyroid or blood pressure health issues have been reported. Her past medical
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Mental health is the balanced development of the individual’s personality and emotional attitudes which enable him to live harmoniously with his fellow men. In 1959 W.H.O. Expert Committee on mental health reviewed the various definitions of mental health and observed that mental health is influenced by both-biological and social factors It is not a static condition but subject to variations and fluctuations in degree‚ It is the capacity in an individual to form harmonious relations with others
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