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Mental Health Care for Hispanic Americans

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Credit Value: 2
Exam Questions: 12
Passing Grade: 9 correct
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Course Description:
This course is based on a comprehensive report on Mental Health and Ethnicity published by the Office of the Surgeon General of the United States. This course provides therapists and healthcare professional with up to date information on the status of, needs for, availability of and outcomes of mental health services for Hispanic Americans. This course is designed for both clinicians and administrators who work in both private and public, and urban and rural areas.

Psychologists, social workers, mental health counselors and marriage and family therapists can benefit from this course. This course may also be helpful for other practitioners, such as midwives and dieticians and nutritionists who work with a diverse client base.  This course is appropriate for beginning, intermediate and advanced level practitioners who wish to improve their skills in the area of multiculturalism and cross cultural competency.

Author: Surgeon General of the United States

Learning Objectives:  This course will provide a professional with information about mental health care for Hispanic Americans. This course includes information on cross cultural competency and multiculturalism.  Specifically, a professional will:

  • Demonstrate knowledge of the need for mental health services, including key issues in understanding research, mental disorders in adults, children and the elderly within the Hispanic American population.
  • Display an understanding of the specific mental health problems of Hispanic Americans, including somatization, culture-bound syndromes and information regarding high-need groups within this population.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of the availability, accessibility and utilization of mental health services as well as the appropriateness and the outcomes of services for the Hispanic American population

    • About Getting Course Materials The course material is Chapter Six, pages 127 – 156 of the Surgeon Generals Report on Mental Health: Culture, Race and Ethnicity. Please be aware that the pdf file page numbers are different – select pages 142 – 170.

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    Credits: 2 Exam Fee: $20.00 Format: Online
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    • The Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling Provider #852 BAP-Expires 3/31/2015
    • The California Board of Behavioral Sciences. Continuing Education Provider – PCE 4297.
    • The California Association of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors (CAADAC) Provider Number OS-12-174-1114 Expires 11-2014
    • The Texas Board of Social Work Examiners, Continuing Education Provider – 5674 expires 4/30/2014.
    • The Texas Board of Professional Counselors, Continuing Education Provider – 1622 expires 2/28/2014.
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    • Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage and Family Therapist Board – Provider # RCST031201 EXPIRED Ohio residents need to use a post approval form.


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