Impact of stress on the Puerto Rican family: treatment considerations.
The impact of stress, due to migration and poverty, on the family structure of the low-income Puerto Rican family is discussed. The ecostructural family therapy approach is suggested as an appropriate therapeutic modality with this high-risk group. Treatment pitfalls and effective therapeutic techniques are illustrated by a clinical case presentation.
D000293:Adolescent; D003220:Conflict, Psychological; D005191:Family Characteristics; D005196:Family Therapy / Q000379:methods*; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000208:ethnology; D013315:Stress, Psychological / Q000628:therapy*; D014171:Transients and Migrants