Adult participants included youth program organizers, pediatricians, clergy, school personnel, and community health workers. In addition, Matthieu and colleagues (16) and Waitzkin and colleagues’ (18) interventions focused on the CDC SP Strategy to Improve Access and Delivery of Suicide Care. At baseline, 6 and 12 months of the intervention, there were no statistically significant differences between depression outcomes in patients in the contextual intervention versus those in enhanced care group (data not shown in article). One hundred twenty patients with depression (85% Hispanic/Latinx) were randomized to enhanced care plus the promotoras contextual intervention, or to enhanced care only. They were one of the few interventions in this entire review that applied a conceptual framework to inform their intervention. Their intervention was motivated by the fact NM had the fifth highest suicide rates in the U.S. at the time of the intervention.

“This type of training is needed in the mental health field because it’s been without it for so long. “The program addresses the critical shortage of culturally sensitive and bilingual professional counselors who can provide therapeutic care to Latinx and Spanish-speaking adults and children. But the state has one of the largest gaps in The Loveland Foundation therapy support Spanish-speaking mental health providers. This research was supported (in whole or in part) by HCA Healthcare and/or an HCA Healthcare affiliated entity.

• Almeida and colleagues (15) examined if education prepared future social work students’ knowledge and preparedness to identify suicide risk in their patients.
• Furthermore, at the community level, families with DACA recipients developed a stronger sense of engagement in their communities (2).
• The study underscores the importance of core values and intersectional identities in fostering solidarity and challenging oppressive systems and provides insight to improve environments for Latinx LGBTQ+ individuals to reduce suicide risk.
• “They’ll push the conversation about mental health,” Cheryl says.
• This public health issue requires an investigation of available SP interventions, and specifically, those interventions that have targeted the Latinx English- and Spanish-speaking population.

Insurance Access

Adriana is actively working to de-stigmatize the way that people think and talk about mental health. She also pointed to Open Path Collective as another good resource that is particularly valuable because it provides affordable mental health services to people. You can turn to specific websites and databases to help you understand your mental health and find a mental health provider who provides culturally competent care. Beyond word-of-mouth, the Latinx Therapists Action Network is also a good resource for mental health care for the migrant community, Carlos said. This can make it hard for people in the Latine community to realize they need help, talk to loved ones about mental health and ultimately seek treatment. Coupled with more policies and global initiatives that bolster capacity and a pipeline of a culturally diverse workforce, scaling up these strategies is a way forward in providing better mental health care to Hispanic Americans.

1. Study characteristics

Our findings highlight the importance of focusing on the mental health needs of Latinx immigrants and ensuring their access to mental health services. Studies have demonstrated that Latinx populations face significant health disparities in access to mental health care. “The Ánimo program trains and empowers culturally sensitive and bilingual counselors to break down barriers in the mental health field to ensure quality counseling care for the Latinx community,” said Mejía. Values of social justice, civic responsibility, ethnocultural diversity, person-centered approaches, and culturally-sensitive community engagements should guide and inform efforts to promote mental health equity that capture the experiences of Latinx youths. Further exploring factors and processes that specifically affect this population’s access and utilization of mental health services is imperative.

Ivana and Pedro Julio have been human rights activists for over 20 years in the struggle for LGBTQ+ liberation, as well as HIV prevention and the rights of people living with HIV. But, he initially become known for honoring the everyday Chicano population that strengthens the border culture in his hometown. Through both his art and business sense, Ben is one of the people who’s moving the needle in the right direction. Many people talk the talk about representation, but Ben is on the front lines every day making sure the door is also open for other Latinx creators and talent to come through too. When I first started out, there weren’t many other people out there telling our Latinx stories, with our flavor and our authenticity. She is making a difference in the world through her work; she starts businesses from the ground up that employ Latinos, give back to the Hispanic community, and help shine a light on so much of how our culinary heritage enriches America.

The primary exposure of using electronic tools in primary care was shown to be efficient at detecting and managing adolescent mental health issues, underscoring the potential to improve healthcare outcomes through electronic tools. One intervention studied by Etter et al. (27), involved the implementation of a computer decision support system (CDSS) that integrated electronic medical records to screen adolescents for suicidality as part of their primary care visits. Additionally, the study stressed how technology can be used to identify at-risk students in real-time in primary care. While the study did not directly report the intervention’s impact on suicide, it identified factors contributing to and protecting against isolation.

Behbahani et al. (20) described Latinx individuals’ difficulty accessing COVID-19 testing sites and treatment services. Research describing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the US-based Latinx population has been limited. Importantly, the study also found that the strongest predictor of COVID-19 cases was nativity; foreign-born populations had the highest incidence (11).