Updated: September 2022
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Introducción / Introduction:
En nuestro compromiso de garantizar que los miembros de las comunidades latinas / hispanas tengan acceso a recursos de recuperación, prevención y salud mental, hemos seleccionado una lista de recursos de recuperación y salud mental específicamente para las comunidades latinas / hispanas.
In our commitment to ensure that members of Latinx/Hispanic communities have access to recovery, prevention, and mental health resources, we have curated a list of recovery and mental health resources specifically for the Latinx/Hispanic communities.
Resources on Addiction & Substance Use Disorder:
- National Latino Behavioral Health Association: Established to fill a need for a unified national voice for Latino populations in the behavioral health arena and to bring attention to the great disparities that exist in areas of access, utilization, practice-based research and adequately trained personnel.
- Ethnicity and Health in America Series: Substance Abuse/Addiction in the Latino-Hispanic Community
- 2019 National Survey on Drug Use and Health: Hispanics, Latino or Spanish Origin or Descent Individuals
- Addiction in Immigrant and Latino Populations: In this webinar from the National Press Foundation, Dr. Pierluigi Mancini, Project Director for National Latino Behavioral Health Association discusses the opioid epidemic and addiction in immigrant and Latino populations.
Resources for Mental Health:
- Your Journey: Latinx/Hispanic
- Latinx/Hispanic Communities And Mental Health
- 9 Mental Health Resources for the LatinX Community
- Latinx Therapy: Founded in 2018 with the mission to destigmatize mental health in the Latinx community through a podcast, directory of mental health professionals, and more.
- National Hispanic and Latino Mental Health Technology Transfer Center Network
- Mental Health America: Latinx/Hispanic Communities and Mental Health
Recursos en español:
- Asociación para acabar con la adicción
- Qué Nervios: tener ansiedad siendo Latina
- El alcohol y la depresión: El camino de Jorge hacia una vida mejor: Equipa a los lectores con información acerca del alcohol y la depresión en un formato de fotonovela culturalmente competente. Reduce el estigma relacionado con los trastornos concurrentes y enfatiza la importancia de buscar ayuda tanto para el trastorno mental como para el abuso de sustancias.
- NAMI Compartiendo Esperanza: Mental Wellness in the Latinx Community
- Atención total para personas sin hogar y con trastorno por uso de opioides: Un kit de herramientas (Parte I: Comprendiendo la falta de hogar y el trastorno por uso de opioides, apoyo a la rehabilitación y mejores prácticas para el cuidado de la persona total)
Stories of Recovery:
- Discovering My Superpower – Strength Over Silence: NAMI Ambassador A.J. Mendez, author, advocate and former WWE wrestler talks about her experience, advice to Latino families and how she believes her bipolar disorder is her superpower.
- What I Wish I Knew About Alcohol as a Latina Kid (via The Temper)
- Why It’s Difficult to Talk About Recovery As a Latina (via The Temper)
- How a First-Generation Latina Found Recovery and Healed Family Trauma (via The Temper)