title: Reflections of Low-Income, Second-Generation Latinas About Experiences in Depression Therapy.
abstract: Depression is higher among second-generation Latinas compared with immigrants, but mental health treatment is stigmatized. Therefore, second-generation Latinas were interviewed after completing an eight-session depression treatment program to gain insight on what they found valuable about their therapy experiences. Constructivist grounded theory guided data collection and analysis which showed that women valued treatment more when they recognized their needs were being met, the therapist was a worthy copilot, and the program's structure had flexibility. Four processes were considered important to their work in therapy: understanding feelings about past events, seeing patterns, accepting self, and changing family patterns but still being "family." Post therapy, women valued their enhanced confidence and a "toolbelt" of techniques they gained for self-treatment. These findings have implications for designing future depression treatment programs that are more likely to be desirable and effective for the growing subgroup of underserved second-generation Latinas in the United States.
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, California, CA, USA mheilema@ucla.edu.
authors.forename: MarySue V
authors.initials: MV
authors.lastname: Heilemann
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, California, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Huibrie C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Pieters
authors.affiliation: University of California, Los Angeles, California, CA, USA.
authors.forename: Katrina
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Dornig
mesh_terms: D003863:Depression / Q000208:ethnology / Q000628:therapy*; D003866:Depressive Disorder; D054242:Emigrants and Immigrants; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino; D006801:Humans; D011203:Poverty
keywords: Latino / Hispanic people; depression; grounded theory; health seeking; mental health and illness; qualitative; southwestern United States; women’s health
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