Family interventions with "troubled" Mexican American teens: an extrapolation from a review of the literature.
Issues Ment Health Nurs
; 18(3): 191-207, 1997.
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| ID: mdl-9362713
This article discusses therapeutic guidelines for family interventions with troubled Mexican American (MA) teenagers based on reports informing on MA teens and MA families. The typical MA teenager does not exist, and little is known about the complex variations in this population. What is known about some groups of MA teens is alarming and significant enough to provide some direction for serving this population. Existing data regarding teen social class levels, school performance, substance abuse, pregnancy and parenthood, and suicide are presented. Because knowledge about MA families is essential to guide interventions with MA teens in distress, the known traditional MA family is described, and the troubles that confront some MA families today are included. Findings from family cohesion studies, including those not involving MA teens in particular, are summarized to lend support to the guidelines presented. Associations found between family cohesion and various physical and psychiatric problems are noted to support the importance of the concept of cohesion in working with troubled teenagers and their families.
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01-internacional
Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Comportamento do Adolescente
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Americanos Mexicanos
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Terapia Familiar
Tipo de estudo:
Guideline
Aspecto:
Equity_inequality
Limite:
Adolescent
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Female
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Humans
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Male
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Pregnancy
País/Região como assunto:
Mexico
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Issues Ment Health Nurs
Ano de publicação:
1997
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Reino Unido