Description
Despite similar vulnerability to mental illness as the general population, adults within the Latinx community often do not receive treatment for severe mental illnesses. Latinx communities face health disparities and lack of access to mental healthcare due to language barriers, lack of health insurance coverage, lack of cultural competence from healthcare practitioners, and more. It is essential to promote positive mental health practices within the Latinx community and to educate healthcare practitioners in cultural competence.
Latinx Mental Health: From Surviving to Thriving focuses on the research and practical experiences that foster cultural resilience and strength. Rather than advocating for an assimilative model of coping, this book focuses on the way that Latinx issues can be studied and addressed in a culturally and linguistically appropriate way. This publication seeks to inspire a new generation of mental health researchers and practitioners to engage with the Latinx population in a strength-based way. Covering topics such as LGBTQ+ Latinxs, health disparities, and intergenerational trauma, this premier reference work is an excellent resource for psychologists, psychiatrists, therapists, sociologists, government officials, healthcare professionals, students and faculty of higher education, librarians, researchers, and academicians.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Edward Delgado-Romero (Ed.)
Dr. Edward A. Delgado-Romero is the Associate Dean for Faculty and Staff Services in the College of Education. The editor is also a Professor in the Counseling Psychology Doctoral Program in the Department of Counseling and Human Development Services and an affiliate faculty with the Interdisciplinary Qualitative Studies program and the Latin American and Caribbean Studies Institute (LACSI) at UGA. The editor graduated from Rhodes College with an undergraduate degree in Psychology and from the University of Notre Dame with a Ph.D. in Counseling Psychology. The editor completed a predoctoral internship at Michigan State University, worked as an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of Florida, and an assistant professor at Indiana University Bloomington and joined UGA in 2005. Dr. Delgado-Romero was one of the founding members of the National Latinx Psychological Association
(NLPA), a past-president of NLPA (2010), and has been honored with padrino/elder status and the distinguished professional career award from NLPA. The editor has also received a career research award
from the Society for the Psychological Study of Race and Ethnicity (Division 45 of APA), an early career
award for psychology in the public interest and the Jenny Penny Oliver Award in the Mary Frances Early
College of Education. Recently the editor received the Elizabeth Spurlock Beckman Award, a national
award that is intended to benefit teachers who have inspired their former students to make a significant
contribution to society and was honored with the inaugural UGA First Award (forfirst generation faculty)
and the UGA Engaged Scholar Award in 2021. The editor currently serves on the Board of Directors of
the American Association of Hispanics in Higher Education. Dr. Delgado-Romero established a Spanish language psychology clinic, La Clinica In Lak’ech, in 2015. Over the last six years La Clinica has provided over 1,000 hours of therapy to undocumented, mixed-status, uninsured, and Spanish-speaking clients. Under the editor’s supervision, over 20 therapists from counseling psychology, counseling, clinical psychology, and social work have provided linguistically and culturally appropriate services free of charge. As an advisor, the editor has mentored close to 50 students to the doctorate, 80% of whom have been people of color or international students. The students have focused their research on a wide array of multicultural areas and the editor has encouraged them to leave communities richer for their presence
through community service and active culturally humble participation. A central part of the editor’s work
is the support and love of family. The editor’s wife, Angie Romero-Shih, received her MSW at the school
of social work and they have five wonderful children: J., Isa, Nick, Emery, and Gil.