Culturally Appropriate Substance Use Disorder Treatment: CETPA’s Practical Applications for Hispanic/Latino Populations Part 2: Barriers and Solutions
03/11/2014 08:09pm | 8989 views
Part 2: Barriers and Solutions
The primary barrier for Latinos in accessing current available services for substance use disorders is language. The lack of Spanish-speaking mental health treatment providers is a major problem since close to 40% of Latinos living in this country have limited English proficiency.
Culturally Appropriate Substance Use Disorder Treatment: CETPA’s Practical Applications for Hispanic/Latino Populations Part 1: History and Demographics
03/11/2014 08:05pm | 8179 viewsPart 1: History and Demographics
There are many destabilizing aspects of social adaptation in the United States for Latinos: a rapidly increasing population; residential segregation; shortfalls in educational attainment; language barriers; and a new political, social, legal, financial, and educational system. Any of these issues alone may cause substance use disorders or mental health problems, let alone experienced all together.
About the Author
Pierluigi Mancini, Ph.D., NCAC II is the founder and Chief Executive Officer of CETPA, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing affordable, linguistic and culturally appropriate behavioral health services to the Latino community in Georgia. CETPA is the only Latino behavioral health agency in Georgia to earn state licensing and national accreditation for providing integrated services in English and in Spanish.