April 15, 2011
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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.
November 21, 2011
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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.
November 20, 2011
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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.
October 1, 2010
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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.
May 4, 2009
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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.
October 1, 2004
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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.
April 1, 2003
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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.
March 1, 2006
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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.
July 1, 1999
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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.
January 1, 1998
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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.