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Meeting the mental health needs of low‐income immigrants in primary care: A community adaptation of an evidence‐based model.

Year: 2011

Type: article

Abstract: Low-income, uninsured immigrants are burdened by poverty and a high prevalence of trauma exposure and thus are vulnerable to mental health problems. Disparities in access to mental health services highlight the importance of adapting evidence-based interventions in primary care settings that serve this population. In 2005, the Montgomery Cares Behavioral Health Program began adapting and implementing a collaborative care model for the treatment of depression and anxiety disorders in a network of primary care clinics that serve low-income, uninsured residents of Montgomery County, Maryland, the majority of whom are immigrants. In its 6th year now, the program has generated much needed knowledge about the adaptation of this evidence-based model. The current article describes the adaptations to the traditional collaborative care model that were necessitated by patient characteristics and the clinic environment.

Source: American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.2011.01125.x

Authors: Stacey Kaltman, Jennifer Pauk, Carol L. Alter

Institutions: Georgetown University Medical Center, Primary Care Coalition of Montgomery County, Georgetown University

Language: English

Topic: Migration, Health and Trauma

Subfield: Clinical Psychology

Field: Psychology

Domain: Social Sciences

SDGs: Good health and well-being, Reduced inequalities

Open Access status: green

Funder: National Institute of Mental Health