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After Katrina - Combating Mental Illness

April 15, 2011 | Program Result

From 2007 to 2010, the Rapid Evaluation and Action for Community Health in New Orleans, Louisiana (REACH NOLA) tackled the city's mental health crisis through its Health and Resilience Project.

Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth

November 21, 2011 | Program Result

Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth brought school-connected mental health services to immigrants and refugees in 15 communities in eight states by developing model mental health programs.

Enhancing Cultural Competence

November 20, 2011 | Story

Projects in Brooklyn, N.Y., Chicago and Los Angeles developed culturally competent school-connected mental health services for immigrants and refugees under Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth.

Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Pediatric Mental Health

October 1, 2010 | Journal Article

This research summary discusses inadequate treatment of mental health problems among minority youth. The authors discuss a wide range of studies that have investigated need and prevention among minority adolescents, psychotherapy and pharmacological treatment, outcomes and approaches to addressing disparities.

Evaluation of Caring Across Communities: Addressing Mental Health Needs of Diverse Children and Youth

May 4, 2009 | Evaluation

This evaluation aims to document impacts associated with school-connected interventions with an emphasis on overcoming cultural and language barriers of children in immigrant and refugee families.

Geriatric Patients Improve as Much as Younger Patients from Hospitalization on General Psychiatric Units

October 1, 2004 | Journal Article

The current study compared geriatric and younger adult psychiatric patients on outcomes such as improvement in symptoms, length of stay (LOS) in the hospital and readmission rates after one year.

New Researchers Encouraged to Study Latino Access to Mental Health Services

April 1, 2003 | Program Result

The Latino Research Program Project of the University of Puerto Rico sponsored a conference aimed at increasing research that explores the reasons for disparities in Latino access to mental health care and potential solutions.

New York City-Based Hispanic Clergy Complete Mental Health Training Program to Better Serve Their Congregations

March 1, 2006 | Program Result

The Blanton-Peale Institute refined, strengthened and expanded its training program in mental health counseling for Hispanic pastors serving inner city congregations that it had developed with prior funding from RWJF.

Chicago Mental Health Center Uses Proyecto HEAL Model to Enhance Its Youth Leadership Program

July 1, 1999 | Program Result

The Pilsen-Little Village Community Mental Health Center developed and implemented community-based interventions that would address sociocultural barriers to health care for Hispanic Americans in Chicago's Near South/West Side.

Pastoral Care Education Program Helps Clergy Provide Mental Health Interventions

January 1, 1998 | Program Result

To remove barriers to receipt of mental health services in low-income Hispanic communities in New York City, this project trained Hispanic clergy and lay ministers to provide short-term counseling and referrals for longer-term mental health care.

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