43.4 developing church-based low-intensity family support for migrant families

Mexican immigrants in the United States face serious challenges related to poverty, gangs, violence, discrimination, cultural adjustment, and immigration, including mixed documentation status. Despite the many strengths among these families, these circumstances can lead to both family problems and individual distress, including common mental disorders. To begin addressing this major problem in Chicago and nationally, the Center for Global Health (CGH) and the Immaculate Conception Church decided to develop and deliver a culturally appropriate and scalable way of providing psychosocial support to immigrant families from Mexico.
Source: Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry - Category: Psychiatry Authors: Source Type: research