Stacey Kaltman|Alejandra Hurtado de Mendoza|Adriana Serrano|Felisa A. Gonzales
A mental health intervention strategy for low-income, trauma-exposed Latina immigrants in primary care: A preliminary study.
Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|Georgetown University Medical Center|Georgetown University|George Washington University
latinos united states face significant mental health disparities related access care quality care outcomes prior research suggests latinos prefer receive care common mental health problems eg depression anxiety disorders primary care settings suggesting need evidencebased mental health services designed delivery settings study sought develop preliminarily evaluate mental health intervention traumaexposed latina immigrants depression andor posttraumatic stress disorder ptsd primary care clinics serve uninsured intervention designed simultaneously responsive patients preferences individual psychotherapy needs safetynet primary care clinics efficient services address social isolation common latina immigrant experience resulting intervention developed basis findings research teams formative research incorporated individual group sessions combined evidencebased interventions reduce depression ptsd symptoms increase group readiness improve perceived social support lowincome latina immigrant women n 28 screened positive depression andor ptsd participated open pilot trial intervention community primary care clinic results indicated intervention feasible acceptable safe randomized controlled trial intervention warranted psycinfo database record