By Eddie Rosales Borderzine EL PASO — With college enrollment constantly increasing, the number of students with mental health issues on college campuses has also gone up. The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) estimates that anxiety, depression and…
By Katherine Leal Unmuth Latino Ed Beat Three suicides by Latino teenagers in recent years have prompted introspection at the academically highly regarded East Hampton High School in New York State. The New York Times recently reported that the…
LatinaLista — The more I filmed, the less I understood and the more curious I became. It’s with those words that filmmaker Mark Aitken describes his journey into one of the most bizarre places on the planet — the Vision…
By Elizabeth Kennedy LatinaLista (Edtor’s Note: The following is a condensed version of the report “Unnecessary Suffering: Potential Unmet Mental Health Needs of Unaccompanied Alien Children” published in the Feb. 2013 issue of JAMA Pediatrics) Mental illness is one…
Amigos805.com SANTA BARBARA — With President Barack Obama pushing for a path to citizenship for 11 million undocumented residents in the U.S., and a vocal opposition promising to challenge his plan, comprehensive immigration reform is taking center stage in…
LatinaLista — There’s only one thing wrong with the current national mental health campaign targeting Latinos launched by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) and The Advertising Council — it’s only in Spanish. For some reason,…
LatinaLista — Texas Appleseed, a public interest law center working for greater educational, economic and social justice through research, advocacy and pro bono partnerships recently released a study based on a year-long review of the immigration court and detention…
