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Latino older adults and mental health
— a review and commentary | | Author(s) | Paula Alvarez, Johanna Rengifo, Tara Emrani |
| Journal title | Clinical Gerontologist, vol 37, no 1, January-February 2014 |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis, January-February 2014 |
| Pages | pp 33-48 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Mental health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Depression ; Services ; Ethnic groups ; South America ; Social inclusion ; United States of America ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Latinos are the largest and fastest growing minority population in the United States, and within that, the proportion of older Latinos is also increasing at a very rapid rate. This is due to an increase in longevity and improved health care. Depression and other mental health disorders are common in this group, yet few services exist at present that are culturally appropriate and that have been found, in randomised trials, to be effective with them. Part of the reason for this lag in research and development of clinical services is due to the multiple barriers to seeking and receiving mental health services that exist in Latino communities. This article reviews these barriers as well as existing programmes that address them and therefore hold promise as mental health interventions. Although there is an increasing amount of research on older adults in the U.S., Latino older adults still remain underrepresented in research and underserved clinically. This article also highlights the need to increase appropriate normative data for valid testing, and emphasises a call for more culturally competent and bilingual clinicians. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-150605243 A |
| Classmark | D: E: ENR: I: TK: 7W: RNA: 7T: 3A:6KC |
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