title: Structuring mental health within senior services: a case study of an outpatient mental health clinic serving Latinos.
abstract: The article presents a case study of an outpatient mental health clinic serving Latino older adults. The study explored staff perceptions on the clinic development and the context within an immigrant multicultural community. The study used in-depth, semistructured interviews with support staff, clinical social workers, and administrators. Interviews were analyzed using a thematic content analysis. The mental health clinic formation was perceived by staff as an ecological process stemming from the needs of the Latino immigrant senior clients. A close knit and interdependent culture allowed the clinic to adjust to diversity and changing cultural contexts.
authors.affiliation: School of Social Work, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA. velezda@msu.edu
authors.forename: Daniel Vélez
authors.initials: DV
authors.lastname: Ortiz
mesh_terms: D000288:Administrative Personnel; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000553:Ambulatory Care / Q000458:organization & administration*; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel / Q000208:ethnology*; D003144:Communication Barriers; D003156:Community Mental Health Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D054521:Cultural Competency / Q000523:psychology*; D018864:Cultural Diversity; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants / Q000523:psychology; D006297:Health Services Accessibility / Q000592:standards; D054624:Health Status Disparities; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000208:ethnology / Q000523:psychology; D008603:Mental Health / Q000208:ethnology / Q000592:standards; D012947:Social Work; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology