Future directions in youth and family treatment engagement: finishing the bridge between science and service

KD Becker, BF Chorpita - Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The field has spent more than 50 years investing in the quality of youth mental healthcare,
with intervention science yielding roughly 1,300 efficacious treatments. In the latter half of …

Implications of undocumented status for Latinx families during the COVID-19 pandemic: A call to action

LM Garcini, AL Vázquez, C Abraham… - Journal of Clinical …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Background A disproportionate number of COVID-19 cases and deaths have been reported
among Latinxs in the US Among those most affected by the pandemic are marginalized …

Sociodemographic disparities in ADHD diagnosis and treatment among US elementary schoolchildren

PL Morgan, EH Hu - Psychiatry Research, 2023 - Elsevier
We examined whether some groups of US elementary schoolchildren are less likely to be
diagnosed and treated for ADHD in analyses of a population-based cohort (N= 10,920). We …

Youth mental health service preferences and utilization patterns among Latinx caregivers

AL Vázquez, M de la Caridad Alvarez… - Children and Youth …, 2021 - Elsevier
Latinx caregivers underutilize traditional youth mental health services (MHS) relative to their
White counterparts. Disparities may be explained by barriers preventing engagement in …

How culture impacts health: The Hispanic narrative

M Da Costa - Creative Nursing, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
The Hispanic population is the largest and fastest-growing minority group in the United
States, and is disproportionately impacted by health problems, including heart disease …

Leadership matters: Supporting the mental health needs of Black and Latina/o students in a post COVID-19 world

L Walker, M Sullivan… - Journal of …, 2022 - digitalcommons.lindenwood.edu
Abstract Communities throughout the United States were devastated by the COVID-19 virus.
For instance, the mortality rates are higher within Black and Latina/o communities compared …

La vergüenza [the shame]: Measuring affiliate stigma associated with youth mental health problems among Latinx caregivers.

AL Vázquez, MM Domenech Rodríguez… - Journal of Latinx …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
El estigma asociado o la vergüenza interiorizada entre los familiares de personas con
afecciones estigmatizantes puede ser un factor importante que influye en las conductas de …

Barriers to accessing telepsychology services questionnaire: Structure and language-based performance in a sample of Latinx caregivers.

AL Vázquez, MM Domenech Rodríguez… - Psychological …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
A lack of validated measures to examine barriers to youth telepsychology services among
Latinx families limits research that could identify targets for reducing mental health …

Juntos hacemos la diferencia [together we make the difference]: A network analysis of Latinx caregivers' use of youth support services

AL Vázquez, T Chou, SA Helseth, OG Gudiño… - Family …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Latinx families face unique barriers to accessing traditional youth mental health services and
may instead rely on a wide range of supports to meet youth emotional or behavioral …

Dimensions of caregiver strain may partially mediate the relationship between youth symptomology and counseling utilization among Latinxs

AL Vázquez, D Culianos, OG Gudiño… - Plos one, 2024 - journals.plos.org
Whether Latinx families use youth mental health services (MHS) depends on complex
influences of barriers and facilitators within and outside of the home. This research sought to …