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2 Immigrant Ppulatin in U.S. In 2015, U.S. immigrant ppulatin was 43.3M r 13.5 % f ttal U.S. pp Data frm 2016 shws immigrants and U.S. brn children nw make up 27% f pp r 84.3M Immigrants are spread acrss the U.S., thugh make-up f immigrant ppulatin is different in each cmmunity Immigrants are nt just ne grup f peple i.e. Mexicans
3 Dcumented Immigrants (Citizens and Legal Residents) Undcumented Immigrants U.S Brn Children f Undcumented Immigrants DACA/TPS Recipients
What des immigratin ppulatin lk like in my cmmunity? 4 Knwing the breakdwn f yur cmmunity ppulatin is imprtant in identifying and develping apprpriate resurces Cultural and linguistic cmpnents must be taken int accunt when wrking with these cmmunities
5 Mental health acrss immigrant cmmunities Dcumented immigrants Trauma Acculturatin Impact f family unit Undcumented immigrants Chrnic and severe distress Decreased self-esteem, helplessness Hypervigilance and increased depressin and anxiety U.S. Brn children f undcumented immigrants Parents must prepare fr ptential risks f being deprted requiring designatin f legal guardians t avid fster care Children remain silent despite cnstant anxiety/fear/depressin by ptential future situatins Estimates nte 10%-15% f children living in immigrant families exhibit symptms f depressin ( DACA recipients At risk fr increased psychlgical distress The increased respnsibility/burden f lss f DACA/TPS status leaves individuals with increased anxiety, fear
Migratin-related stressrs and prtective factrs influencing mental health utcmes amng undcumented immigrants in the United States Surce: Garcini, L.M., Murray, K.E., Zhu, A., Klnff, E.A., Myers, M.G., & Elder, J.P. (2016). Mental health f undcumented adults in the United States: A systematic review f methdlgy and findings. Jurnal f Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 14(1), 1-25.
DACA recipients by tp cuntries f rigin (excluding Mexic) Surce: Quartz Media, Dreamers live in every US state and dn t just cme frm Mexic https://qz.cm/1069844/wh-are-the-dreamers-and-where-d-they-live/
Mental health risk factrs The migratin prcess by which an individual arrived in hst cuntry can have greater impact n mental health Varius traumatic experiences (family separatin, sexual and physical trauma, expsure t vilence) Lack f scial supprts may lead t dysfunctinal behavirs(i.e. substance use, dmestic vilence) Act f cnsistently hiding current status and remaining hypervigilant f surrundings and changing envirnment Age f migratin and acculturatin Lss f identity and decreased self-wrth
Barriers t mental health treatment Immigrants are less likely t access mental health treatment when cmpared t their U.S. brn cunterparts Cultural Structural Individuals may be mre inclined t reach ut t infrmal supprt netwrks (family, friends, faith cmmunity) thus delaying treatment and waiting till pint f crisis Stigma and lack f educatin n mental illness/mental health Varied idims f distress the way in which an individual talks abut illness can impact help-seeking, diagnsis, and treatment Cst, lack f insurance Lng wait times Lack f culturally and linguistically apprpriate mental health prfessinals Fear due t immigratin status
10 Vides https://www.facebk.c m/humanrightswatch/vid es/10155874795769354/ https://www.yutube.cm /watch?v=wcmw2vfz6jk
11 Wh can yu wrk with in yur lcal cmmunities Yur MHA affiliate Religius institutins Cunseling centers Human rights and advcacy rganizatins Cmmunity centers
12 Resurces/References Migratin Plicy Institute Data Hub - https://www.migratinplicy.rg/prgrams/migratin-data-hub https://www.migratinplicy.rg/prgrams/data-hub/charts/us-immigrant-ppulatin-state-and-cunty Pew Hispanic Research Center - http://www.pewhispanic.rg/2017/05/03/facts-n-u-s-immigrants-current-data/ 1. Garcini, L.M., Peña, J.M., Galvan, T., Fagundas, C.P., & Klnff, E.A. (2017). DREAMers living in the United States: A cntextual perspective and clinical implicatins. American Jurnal f Psychiatry, 174(7), 623-625. 2. Garcini, L.M., Murray, K.E., Zhu, A., Klnff, E.A., Myers, M.G., & Elder, J.P. (2016). Mental health f undcumented adults in the United States: A systematic review f methdlgy and findings. Jurnal f Immigrant and Refugee Studies, 14(1), 1-25. 3. Gulbas, L.E., Zayas, L.H., Yn, H., Szlyk, H., Aguilar-Gaxila, S. & Natera, G. (2015). Deprtatin experiences and depressin amng U.S. citizen-children with undcumented Mexican parents. Child: Care, health, and develpment, 42 (2), 220-230. 4. Sarmient, P.B., Sauced-Mren, M.J., Fernandez-Gutierrez, M., & Pza-Mendez, M. (2017). Mental health in immigrants versus native ppulatin: A systematic review f the literature. Archives f Psychiatric Nursing, 31(11), 111-121. 5. Seraphia, A. (2016). Mental health service use amng immigrants in the United States: A systematic review. Psychiatric Services, 67(3), 265-274.
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