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Addressing the Mental Health Problems of Border and Immigrant Youth

NCTSN Resource

Resource Description

Helps mental health care providers, working in the Mexico-US border region, understand the diverse cultural, socioeconomic, environmental, and political factors that daily impact the lives of their clients/patients. This report offers guidance on how to provide culturally competent care while simultaneously addressing families' misconceptions and knowledge gaps about the causes of mental health problems and their treatment.

Published in 2009