The underutilization of mental health services by Latinos has been a growing concern in
research and clinical practice. This has become increasingly important as the population of …

Since the early 1980s, epidemiological studies using state-of-the-art methodologies have
documented the unmet mental health needs of Latinos adults in the US and Puerto Rico …

Given the persistent underutilization of mental health services by Latino persons, the mental
health research agenda for this population should be shaped by a single practical issue …

Latinos underutilize mental health services (MHS) in the US due to a number of socio-
economic and cultural barriers that decrease their access to these services. This study …

The Latino community is growing very rapidly in the United States; from 1990 to 2000 it
increased by 57.9%, from 22.4 million to 35.3 million, becoming the largest minority group in …

The proliferation of the Latino population in the United States portends the urgency to
understand their mental health care needs. It is well documented that Latinos are the largest …

Objectives. We examined correlates and rates of past-year mental health service use in a
national sample of Latinos residing in the United States. Methods. We used data from the …

This report released by the National Council of La Raza (NCLR) and the California State
University, Long Beach (CSULB) Center for Latino Community Health, Evaluation, and …

Community-based participatory research bridges the gap between academic researchers
and the real-life issues of communities and offers promise for addressing racial and ethnic …

OBJECTIVE: The authors investigated whether there are disparities in the rates of specialty
mental health care for Latinos and African Americans compared with non-Latino whites in …