Texas mental health care needs more Hispanic representation | Opinion
, a Dallas-based mental health nonprofit, said that just to get an appointment with a psychologist in the Dallas area can take up to two months. Finding a Spanish-speaker professional is even harder.
Cultural awareness can be taught, Gomez said, but there are few programs in Texas that offer a certificate specifically for working with . Attracting Latinos to the profession is also a challenge: Psychology is a costly degree, and Texas mental health care providers have to compete with other states to recruit professionals.One advantage, however, is that the student body across Texas is increasingly younger and Hispanic. The University of Texas at Arlington, Texas Woman’s University and the University of North Texas System — all of which offer psychology degrees — have the, which opens the door for grants.
At a moment when the stigma surrounding mental health care is easing and the state has indicated a willingness to invest more in this type of care, we are also getting a clearer picture of where the need is most urgent. Recently, the Parkland Center for Clinical Innovation unveiled its Community Vulnerability Compass, a data-based map that shows how economically disadvantaged areas of Dallas County are also the most vulnerable to mental health problems. Nineteen ZIP codes in the southern half of the county were identified as the most vulnerable.This index analyzed federal data on adults who reported having stress, depression and emotional problems for 14 days in the previous month.
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