Group Therapy as a Treatment Modality of Special Value for Hispanic Patients

Group Therapy as Treatment for Depressed Latino Women: A Review of the Literature

“…These were Puerto Ricans and others (Delgado & Humm-Delgado, 1984;Miranda, Azocar, Organista, Muñoz, & Lieberman, 1996), Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, and others (Acosta & Yamamoto, 1984), Mexicans and others (GallagherThompson, Areán, Rivera, & Thompson, 2001), and Central Americans and others (Muñoz et al, 1995). Seven studies were related to group therapy for one particular Latino subgroup, including Mexicans (Kay, Guernsey de Zapien, Wilson, & Yoder, 1993), Cubans (Oppenheimer, 1992), Nicaraguans (Organista, 1995), and Puerto Ricans (Arce & Torres-Matrullo, 1982;Comas-Diaz, 1981, McKinley, 1987Olarte & Masnik, 1985). Three studies were related to group therapy for participants in their native country, that is, in Chile (Araya et al, 2003), Brazil (Cade & Prates, 2001), and Mexico (Lara, Navarro, Rubí, & Mondragón, 2003a, 2003b.…”

Group therapy with the multiply oppressed: Treating Latino, HIV-infected injecting drug users

“…Group therapy has been identified as a useful treatment modality for Latinos (Delgado, 1983;McKinley, 1987;Millan & Chan, 1991), AIDS patients (Child & Getzel, 1990;Price et al, 1986), injecting drug users (Lawson, 1984), and the three in combination (Millan et al, 1993).…”

Group therapy with inner city hispanic acting-out adolescent males: Some theoretical observations

“…Participants begin to examine the causes of their suffering and to realize they have individual needs (McKinley, 1987). Similarities and differences are explored as group members discuss their perceptions and the roles they play in their life events.…”

“…The third stage of the group process entails the group member making a choice between the patterns of behavior he has utilized in the past and the style of relating that has developed in the group, namely, good fellowship, development of individuation, and better understanding of self in relation to significant others (McKinley, 1987). A central task at this point is helping members deal with pressure from peers not to change.…”