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Putting forth ways to understand and ameliorate mental health disparities both from research and experiential perspectives, this book focuses on dealing with systemic issues and on providing innovative ideas for developing an infrastructure of services.

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Latinos and the Changing Demographic Landscape: Key Dimensions for Infrastructure Building.- Latino Mental Health: Acculturation Challenges in Service Provision.- Building Response Capacity: The Need for Universally Available Language Services.- Increasing Service Parity through Organizational Cultural Competence.- Building Infrastructure through Training and Interdisciplinary Collaboration.- Investing in the Future: Expanding Educational Opportunities for First-Generation Latino College Students.- Serving Latino Families Caring For a Person with Serious Mental Illness.- The Plight of Latino Youth in the Juvenile Justice System: Considerations for Mental Health Treatment.- Promoting the Well Being of Unaccompanied Immigrant Minors.- Latinos in Rural Areas: Addressing Mental Health Disparities in New Growth Communities.- Life During and After Breast Cancer: Providing Community-Based Comprehensive Services to Latinas.- Lessons Learned from HIV Service Provision: Using a Targeted
Behavioral Health Approach.- Private Practice with Latinos: Brief Reflections and Suggestions.- What Does Politics Have to Do with It? Policy and Mental Health Services Access for Latino Populations.

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