Psychology

Developing a culturally appropriate depression prevention program: The family coping skills program

Document Type

Article

Abstract

Depression is a disorder that can have particularly deleterious effects on individuals from racial/ethnic minority and low-income backgrounds. Culturally appropriate prevention programs offer a way to provide accessible and effective mental health services to these underserved papulations. The authors introduce the Family Coping Skills Program (FCSP), a novel depression prevention program developed specifically for low-income Latina mothers. The authors present the theoretical underpinnings of the FCSP and describe their efforts to make the program culturally appropriate and to enhance recruitment and retention of participants. Initial outcome data from an uncontrolled trial were promising and support continued development and evaluation of the FCSP and other similar programs. Copyright 2005 by the Educational Publishing Foundation.

Publication Title

Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology

Publication Date

2005

Volume

11

Issue

2

First Page

99

Last Page

112

ISSN

1099-9809

DOI

10.1037/1099-9809.11.2.99

Keywords

culture, depression, Latino, prevention

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