Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services

The importance of family involvement in psychosocial interventions for persons with serious mental illnesses continues to gain empirical support. However, even as ethnic minority cultures are known to be more family-centered in comparison to Euro-American cultures, only a few studies focus on family context or on family treatment approaches for Mexicans. The focus of this paper is on mental health practice with Mexican immigrant families dealing with serious mental illness. We review available research on treatment issues and the sociocultural context that has relevance to serious mental illness within the family. Practice implications for increasing the cultural relevance of community based mental health services for this population are addressed. Several treatment strategies are delineated for practitioners confronted with clinical, social, and ethnocultural complexities when serving Mexican immigrant families dealing with serious mental illnesses.

Concepcion Barrio

Ann Marie Yamada

Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Services

Chapter 5. Serious Mental Illness Among Mexican Immigrant Families: Implications for Culturally Relevant Practice

第五章：墨西哥移民家庭中的严重精神疾病：文化相关实践的启示

第五章：墨西哥移民家庭中的严重精神疾病：对文化相关实践的启示

Abstract In a community sample of 159 Mexican Americans from low socioeconomic stratum, the immigrants (N = 84) showed a slightly lower depression level, though statistically nonsignificant, when compared with the native born (N = 75). The immigrants showed signs of resilience as they were significantly more likely to be employed, had higher income, and experienced less stress but comparable social support. For both groups, higher stress and passive coping significantly predicted higher depression level. Total social support, active coping, and younger age also significantly ameliorated depression for the native born. Among the various types of stress and social support, only family-related sources were significant in predicting depression, indicating the impact of familism on Mexican Americans.

Winnie W. Kung

Irma Castaneda

Pei-Jiuang Lee

Stress, Social Support, and Coping as Predictors of Depression Level

压力、社会支持与应对方式作为抑郁水平的预测因素

Abstract This is the second in a series of papers concerning forensic immigration social work. The first paper examined the broad issues and types of cases that require consultation by a forensic social worker in immigration cases. This paper will examine the pertinent legal standards that the forensic social worker must be aware of and the essential areas of inquiry in the evaluation of spousal abuse cases. The following two papers will examine the other two major types of cases referred from immigration lawyers: asylum and criminal and “hardship” immigration cases. The final paper in the series will examine the forensic social worker's presentation of the case as expert testimony in immigration court and highlight winning strategies.

Mark S. Silver

The Evaluation and Legal Standards in Forensic Social Work Immigration Practice

法医社会工作移民实践中的评估与法律标准

Abstract The difficulties and trauma associated with sexual violence are exacerbated by language difficulties. Language difficulties pose particular barriers in accessing legal, social, medical and support services. This presents additional challenges for sexual assault response teams (SART). The SART members serve critical functions in supporting a victim of sexual violence from trauma to trial. This paper addresses the need for trained gender-sensitive medical interpreters for adult female victims with limited English proficiency (LEP) in sexual assault examination, and thus the need for inclusion of trained medical interpreters in SART. Such needs were articulated from interviews with advocates and medical interpreters in the US, from literature reviews and conversations with women with LEP in the US. The paper closes with a set of specific recommendations that will promote comfortable accessible service to female victims of sexual violence with LEP.

Yukiko Nakajima

The Need for Gender-Sensitive Medical Interpreters for Victims with Limited English Proficiency in Sexual Assault Examinations

性侵犯检查中英语能力有限受害者需要性别敏感的医疗口译员

Abstract Reframing can be an effective tool in enhancing a clinical practice that is based on a holistic understanding of the client's meaning systems, and the strengths and resilience exemplified in the client's life experience. Immigrant clients, who are often marginalized in society due to their markedly different sociocultural backgrounds and the pernicious effects of racism, tend to struggle with belief systems that are subjugated by those of the host country and internalize their losses and setbacks as personal deficits and failures. Two case vignettes of Chinese immigrants will be used to discuss how reframing can offer positive yet culturally relevant options for clients to create new meanings and adaptive behavior in their life situations. Key Words: Reframingclinical practiceChinese immigrants

CS Irene Chung

The Use of Reframing in Clinical Practice with Chinese Immigrants

中国移民临床实践中重构的应用

Abstract Perhaps because immigration is currently one of the most hotly debated issues in America (e.g., Kuttner 2004), there is little appetite, especially lately, in the academic literature for an examination of some of the more serious, but lesser known issues that go along with this key demographic factor. These currently ignored issues nonetheless have serious implications for businesses (Crock 2004), the government (Bernstein et al. 2004), public-policy makers (Magnusson and Kripalani 2003) and social-service providers (Dobbs 2004), among others. One such much ignored, albeit serious issue is that of how immigrants gather information to solve problems (including those of consumption) in their new host culture. This issue has been barely investigated in the academic literature, though anecdotal evidence from the popular press show that it has serious implications for marketers (Vence 2002), public-policy makers (Aldrich and Variyam 2000) and social-service providers (Stewart 1996), among others. Consequently, in this paper I investigate this issue as follows. First, I focus on Chinese-American immigrants, for reasons I explain later in this paper. Second, I examine assimilational differences between these individuals, again, for reasons I explain later in this paper. Third, I investigate how these differences affect how these individuals search for information prior to the purchase of three durable products (personal computer, video camera and color television) and one non-durable product (dandruff-control shampoo). What I found is that each of the cultural, identificational, and structural assimilation has (1) distinct effects on this search behavior and (2) these effects vary by type of Product-purchase. I conclude by discussing implications of these findings for marketers, social-service providers and public-policy makers, among others.

Denver D'Rozario

An Examination of Pre-Purchase Information-Search Tendencies of an Immigrant Population

移民群体购买前信息搜索倾向的考察

Abstract This is the first of a two-part paper. The first paper will explore the forensic social worker in the role of expert examiner and witness for immigration lawyers and the immigration court. The second paper will explore the many issues that need to be examined during the biopsychosocial interview to ensure a complete assessment. This paper will consider the four types of cases referred to immigration experts in forensic social work: Spousal abuse cases, criminal immigration cases, hardship cases, and asylum cases. Key Words: Asylumexpert witnessforensichardshipimmigrationmitigationpsychosocialspousal abusesocial workVAWA (Violence Against Women's Act)

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Chapter 5. Serious Mental Illness Among Mexican Immigrant Families: Implications for Culturally Relevant Practice

Chapter 5. Serious Mental Illness Among Mexican Immigrant Families: Implications for Culturally Relevant Practice

Chapter 5. Serious Mental Illness Among Mexican Immigrant Families: Implications for Culturally Relevant Practice

Chapter 5. Serious Mental Illness Among Mexican Immigrant Families: Implications for Culturally Relevant Practice

Stress, Social Support, and Coping as Predictors of Depression Level

The Evaluation and Legal Standards in Forensic Social Work Immigration Practice

The Need for Gender-Sensitive Medical Interpreters for Victims with Limited English Proficiency in Sexual Assault Examinations

The Use of Reframing in Clinical Practice with Chinese Immigrants

An Examination of Pre-Purchase Information-Search Tendencies of an Immigrant Population

The Benefits of Forensic Social Work in Immigration Law Practice