An Analysis Of The Wellness Center

I, __Kalie Witucki__, agree to go to the Wellness Center gym on the North Dakota State

These health disparities are persistent and need to be addressed in order to reduce the disparities and improving the health industry. Correspondingly, many Latinx suffer from poor quality of mental health care, therefore, are discouraged to seek for treatment. In particular, many LGBTQI Latinx and Latinx in general receive, “negative experiences, related to language barriers, discrimination, or poor treatment, impact a person’s confidence in the ability of services to meet their needs (Rastogi, 2012). This emphasizes on the fact, that structural and cultural competency is needed in order to fix these gaps in the health industry and supply a marginalized population with appropriate mental health care in order to help improve health outcomes and quality of care which will eliminate the racial-ethnic gap in the health sector and reduce the linguistic and cultural barriers of patient care. Thus, health provider, physicians, and hospitals are required to become culturally competent in order to improve the quality of care of a growing population with distinct needs. Additionally, there are structural barriers that reduce the amount of LGBTQI Latinx utilizing mental health services. For instance, “Latinos who come from low socioeconomic backgrounds are at higher risk for

The providers of Pathways Mental Health Services are all licensed professionals such as marriage therapist and family therapist, health counselor, chimerical dependency, and one of them having a PhD in family psychology.

I am currently doing my field placement at the Puerto Rican Family Institute clinic in Brooklyn, NY. The mission statement for the organization is, “to enhance the functioning and self-sufficiency of diverse marginalized communities and prevent family disintegration.” I am currently doing individual, family, couples, and group psychotherapy at the outpatient clinic. The clinic is in a lower socioeconomic area in Bushwick, that is currently in the process of gentrification. The program that I work in specifically, offers both therapeutic and psychiatric services for the patients that are enrolled in the program.

Operates a bilingual mental health service for Latino families and children enrolled in school-based clinics at select elementary schools

When thinking about social work, there are different avenues that a worker can explore in this vast field. Because a social workers job is multifaceted, workers can not only integrate themselves in an already created avenue, but can also tailor a field, specifically for a need in the community. Looking at the many different fields in the area of social work, the area of Social Workers in Mental Health facilities and outpatient clinics stands out as an area of depth and interest.

The HCC convened in an effort to identify the strengths, and challenges of Mental Health Services currently being provided, and to help increase the provision and quality of these services in the community. Several community stakeholders from various agencies and organizations attended, including faith based organizations, attorneys, and local government officials.

Mental and Human Health Service Professionals are people who work with individuals, families or couples in assessing and treating mental health issues. They work with a variety of people of every age and will also assist those with developmental disabilities, drug abuse, or some other physiological health condition. These professionals are dedicated and show enthusiasm for helping others while having compassion for any whom have a mental health issue. Some choose to pursue a particular area of interest, such as working with children and many of these individuals can obtain their M.D. in social work, psychology, or even counseling. A typical day for a mental health or human service professional will be quite busy; their days are filled with

An additional barrier to multicultural counseling is client access to care. The utilization of mental health services by minority groups is low in the United States (Smith, Domenech Rodriguez, Guillermo, 2011). The fact that minority groups underutilize mental health services is attributed to systemic issues such as lack of affordable transportation, inconvenient office hours, demographic mismatch, language barriers, economics, and lack of clinics in neighborhoods with predominately ethnic minority groups (Smith, Domenech Rodriguez, Guillermo, 2011). To address these issues, multiculturalism in the mental health services field has committed to equipping more culturally competent counselors, encouraging community-based counseling efforts for easier access, increasing bilingual and culturally diverse counselors, as well social advocacy. Despite their recognition, these challenges are difficult to remedy and remain a problem for clients of minority groups.

In recent years, the Latino population is one of the largest minority groups that keep growing in the United States. Based on the U.S. Census it is estimated that by 2050 Latinos will be one quarter of the U.S. population (U.S. Census, 2006). Moreover, Latinos are also the largest working poor class in the United States and are unable to “work themselves out of poverty” due to being underpaid by many employers (Furman et al., 2009, p. 4). Due to the increasing of Latinos, there is a concern regarding their mental health needs, where they are underutilizing services due to barriers they face when seeking mental health services (Kouyoumdjian et al., 2003). The purpose of this qualitative study is to explore the barriers Latinos face when seeking mental

A multicultural competent counselor refers to, someone who’s able to work efficiently with groups of students from culturally distinct groups (Thomas & Vines, 2008). Furthermore, culture competency plays a key role in how counselors diagnose and treat their patients from any background or culture. Surgeon General (2001) largely defines culture as a common heritage or set beliefs, norms and values. Culture can be applied to all groups of people but unfortunately; there are major mental health disparities amongst minority individuals compared to white individuals. According to the Surgeon General (2001), ethnic minorities have less access to mental health services than their white counterparts. Additionally, minorities

I would like to start my career off with community mental health. During this time, I would like to learn all that I can about the need for mental health within impoverished and minority populations. I would like to take this time to learn the needs of the communities in which I serve. I want to serve individuals of all ages, providing the care needed to adequately address the mental health needs in the community. I would like to also research what the communities lack in regards to their mental/behavioral health needs, which would provide me with the tools needed so to advocate for filling the needs of the community, whether that be advocating for stronger legislation at the county and state levels, or simply finding and introducing programs and resources which would be beneficial to the community. After licensure and at least five years of working with lower income, minority populations, During this time, I would like to take the progress I make into community work, creating families and groups in support of the family structure and care for the youth, adolescents, and younger and older adults within the community. After licensure, I would like to start working toward opening a practice of my own, specifically focused on those who have state covered healthcare or no healthcare at all. I want to provide care that is equitable care that transcends socioeconomic status, healthcare coverage, and race. Ultimately, I would like to utilize my career and the work that I do within communities to learn the inner workings of the public welfare/social policies so that I can one day serve on legislative boards to advocate for better healthcare and services for those who need the access to

When I first heard about this project I thought it could never have been endeavored; it was simply impossible from my perspective. It couldn't be done from any of the councils perspective. Over 25 specialties, a biomedical lab, a practicing hospital for our accelerated students and one of the DOEs nextgen studios all in the confines of one campus, under the budget and on time. But yet here we stand, 1 year later. Quite magnificent isn't it? A world class Wellness academy, the first of it's kind. New York City has been known for it's world class public education since 2004 when founding father Genevan Deal unified the districts. Thanks to Chancellor Carmen farina, today,all are able to afford the luxury of such a first class education in an

Conflict theory is most appropriate for examining this issue and developing a solution to promote the equality for ethical minorities. Both psychopathology/substance misuse and limited resource availability has hindered the group in seeking proper mental illness treatment (Waheed, Hughes-Morley, Woodham, Allen, & Bower, 2015). There has been an increase in mental health promotion to ethnical minority groups in recent years. Barriers must be addressed within marginalized groups such as those in the ethnic minority categorization (Priebe, Matanov, Barros, Canavan, Gabor, Greacen, & Gaddini, 2013). Minority mental health clients have been noted to seek a cultural element within their plan of care. However, many clients did not perceive their culture to be present in treatment and were less likely to return (Meyer & Zane, 2013). Cultural perspective is relayed through community and the agencies which serve

In addition to assertiveness training, another risk factor consists of Latinos dealing with stigma. For example, Latinos with depression may not seek mental health treatments such as CBT because the fear of stigma. According to Heilemann, Pieters, Kehoe, and Yang (2011) second generation Latinos fear family disapproval for seeking treatment from mental health services, which leads to not showing up to counseling sessions (p. 474). Additionally, Kanter et al. (2008) states that “Latinos might feel reluctant to seek mental health services because of the stigma that these services are only for people who are crazy” (p. 501). Societal stigma about seeking mental health services is the main concern for Latinos. Many Latinos underutilize mental health services out of fear that others will begin to label them in various ways. According to Gonzalez, Kaltman, Mendoza and Serrano (2014) Latinas believe that mental health services are only sought by people that are in severe mental states, while others would be inappropriately labeled (p. 87). Counselors need to be aware of client's expectations and thoughts about counseling in order to break down fears of