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Education:

B.A. (Social Welfare and Psychology), San Francisco State University, 1969; MSW (Community Mental Health Concentration), University of California at Berkeley, 1973; Board Certified Diplomate (American Board of Examiners in Clinical Social Work and National Association of Social Workers).

Courses Taught:

Psychopathology and Psychosocial Problems (S.W. 205); Crisis Intervention/Brief Psychotherapy (S.W. 250C).

Research Interests:

Community Mental Health, Crisis Intervention, Brief Psychotherapy, Disaster Mental Health Services.

Kurt Organista, Peter Manoleas, and Rafael Herrera on Latino Mental Health Services

Over the last two decades, a small but growing number of population-based mental health surveys have been conducted on large, representative samples of U.S. Latinos conveying a far more accurate profile of Latino mental health. For example, the recent Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey (MAPSS) assessed mental disorders in adults of Mexican background in California and examined the relation between acculturation and risk for mental disorders by comparing U.S. born Mexican Americans, short-term Mexican immigrants (less than 13 years in the U.S.), and long-term Mexican immigrants (13 years or more in U.S.).

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