The Latino Psychiatric Patient

250 Pages·2001·1.932 MB·English

by  Lopez A.G., Carrillo E.

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The Latino
Psychiatric Patient
Assessment and Treatment

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The Latino
Psychiatric Patient
Assessment and Treatment
Edited by
Alberto G. López, M.D., M.P.H.
Ernestina Carrillo, M.S.W.
Washington, DC
London, England
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
The Latino psychiatric patient : assessment and treatment / edited by Alberto
Lopez, Ernestina Carrillo.
p. ; cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-880480773-9 (alk. paper)
1. Hispanic Americans—Mental health. 2. Hispanic Americans—
Mental health services. 3. Latin Americans—Mental health. II. Lopez,
Alberto, 1952– . I. Carrillo, Ernestina.
[DNLM: 1. Hispanic Americans—psychology. 2. Mental Disorders—
ethnology. 3. Cultural Diversity. 4. Psychotherapy—methods.
WM 140 L357 2001]
RC451.5.H57 L38 2001
616.89′0089′68073—dc21
00-067625
British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data
A CIP record is available from the British Library.
For my mother, Ana Maria;
my son, Gerardo;
and in loving memory of my brother, Adrian.
(A.G.L.)
With gratitude and love to my parents,
Meregildo and Josephina Carrillo,
and my husband and daughter,
Larry and Eliana Juanita Polon.
(E.C.)

Contents
Contributors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ix
Introduction and Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Alberto G. López, M.D., M.P.H.
Ernestina Carrillo, M.S.W.
PART I
Latino Peoples:
Overview and Treatment Issues
CHAPTER 1
An Introduction to Latinos in the United States . . . . . . . . . . . . .3
Alberto G. López, M.D., M.P.H.
Israel Katz, M.D.
CHAPTER 2
Physical Health Status of Latinos in the United States . . . . . . .19
Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, M.D.
Anna M. Nápoles-Springer, Ph.D.
CHAPTER 3
Assessment and Treatment of the Latino Patient . . . . . . . . . . .37
Ernestina Carrillo, M.S.W.
PART II
Latino Peoples:
Cultural and Psychiatric Issues
CHAPTER 4
Colombians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .57
Ramon A. Rojano, M.D., M.P.H.
CHAPTER 5
Cubans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .75
Pedro Ruiz, M.D.
CHAPTER 6
Dominicans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .87
Carmen Inoa Vazquez, Ph.D., A.B.P.P.
CHAPTER 7
Salvadorans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .97
Carlos B. Cordova, Ed.D.
Felix Kury, M.A.
CHAPTER 8
Mexicans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Cervando Martinez Jr., M.D.
CHAPTER 9
Nicaraguans. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .121
Alvaro LaCayo, M.D.
CHAPTER 10
Peruvians . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Renato D. Alarcón, M.D., M.P.H.
CHAPTER 11
Puerto Ricans . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Ian A. Canino, M.D.
Glorisa Canino Stolberg, Ph.D.
PART III
Special Issues and Populations
CHAPTER 12
Domestic Violence in the Latino Population . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Michael A. Rodriguez, M.D., M.P.H.
Heidi M. Bauer, M.D., M.P.H., M.S.
Yvette Flores-Ortiz, Ph.D.
CHAPTER 13
Latinas in Psychiatric Treatment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .181
Jo Ellen Brainin-Rodriguez, M.D.
CHAPTER 14
Substance Abuse in the Hispanic Population. . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Louis R. Alvarez, M.D., M.P.H.
Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .219