Latino Publications & Resources

Entrecruzando nuestros caminos
by Maria Restrepo-Toro

The Recovery and Rehabilitation module "Entrecruzando nuestros Caminos" teaches Spanish-speaking peers about the process of recovery from a mental illness and running recovery groups. It also introduces the process of rehabilitation along with some specific components.

Recuperando la Esperanza--Libro Practico
by LeRoy Spaniol, Martin Koehler, Dori Hutchinson, &
Maria Restrep-Toro

This Spanish edition of the Recovery Workbook is a resource for professionals, consumer/survivors, and family members to help people with psychiatric disabilities to begin the process of recovery. It may be used with groups or for self-study. Psychiatric illness—and the stigma that surrounds it—can be devastating. People are left feeling profoundly disconnected from themselves, from others, from their environments, and from meaning or purpose in life. Recovery is a empowerment process that can help rebuild these important personal, social, environmental, and spiritual connections; and help confront the devastating effects of stigma.

Abriendo Caminos en Tu Vida - Guia de Preparación para la Rehabilitación Psiquiátrica
by Maria Restrepo-Toro, Marianne Farkas, & Laura Diaz

This innovative Spanish guide (Opening Paths in Your Life: Guide to Prepare for Psychiatric Rehabilitation) is designed to help Latinos with psychiatric disabilities assess their level of readiness to engage in rehabilitation services. In order to best fit the specific needs of Latinos, this culturally competent guide was developed with the input and feedback from Latino consumers and their families in Massachusetts and California. This user-friendly guide can be used by Latino consumers, together with a practitioner or family members. At the end of the guide, there are concrete activities that will help the individual develop his or her readiness for rehabilitation. Information about the grant project for this curricula may be found at: http://www.bu.edu/cpr/latino/readiness.html

Guía del Modelo de Rehabilitación Vocacional: Elegir-Conseguir-Retener
by Maria Restrepo-Toro & LeRoy Spaniol

This Spanish edition of the Choose-Get-Keep Guide to Vocational Rehabilitation is available as a free pdf download

Restrepo-Toro, M., MacDonal-Wilson, K. (2002). Community action grant final report: The choose-get-keep approach to aocational rehabilitation for latinos with psychiatric and co-occurring conditions. Boston: Boston University Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Newsletter: Opportunities for Latinos
Oportunidades para latinos (en Español)

While the recovery vision for people with psychiatric disabilities has been put forward to guide policies and practice in state..

Latino Resources

The following organizations share a vision with Boston University's Center for Psychiatric Rehabilitation.

Alameda County Behavioral Health Care System located in Alameda, CA

Bay Cove Human Services in Boston, MA

Community Research Foundation in San Diego, CA

CONTAC Leadership Academy in West Virginia

National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) en Español
http://www.nami.org/template.cfm?section=NAMI_en_espa%F1ol

National Resources Center for Hispanic Mental Health at the New Jersey Mental Health Institute

Northeast Independent Living Program in Lawrence, MA

Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
http://www.samhsa.gov

U.S. Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association's multicultural principles committee
http://www.uspra.org/i4a/pages/index.cfm?pageid=3381