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FOLLOW-UP TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG LATINOS

Award Number: F31MH091874
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/02/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/01/2012

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FOLLOW-UP TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG LATINOS - PROJECT SUMMARY The primary care provider (PCP) is the first treatment stop for many individuals suffering from symptoms of depression. This is particularly true of Latinos, who are the largest and fastest-growing ethnic minority group in the United States, and who demonstrate low rates of specialty mental health treatment utilization. Although PCPs frequently prescribe antidepressant medications and refer their patients to mental health specialists, very little is known about what predicts the likelihood that patients will follow through on their PCP's recommendation. I am proposing the first systematic investigation into Latino patient follow-up to PCP mental health treatment recommendations, with a particular emphasis on the relationship between the PCP - patient working alliance, provider cultural competency, and intended and actual follow-up to treatment recommendations. The study's broad, long-term goal is to identify a new area for intervention to improve the rates of mental health service use among Latinos with depression. For this study, I will assess 40 male and 40 female Latino primary care patients who score > 10 on a routinely-administered depression screening measure. The assessment will cover such topics as the quality of patients' relationship with their PCP, patients' assessment of their PCP's cultural competency, their own attitudes, beliefs, and level of stigma about depression and its treatment, and their intention to seek treatment for depression. In addition, patients will be asked whether they received a referral from their PCP, and whether they followed up on that referral at the time of the interview. The specific aims of this study are: (1) To determine whether the PCP-patient working alliance is associated with the patient's intention of following up on the PCP's treatment recommendation for depression, and with patients' actual follow-up. (2) To explore whether Latino patients' assessment of their PCPs' cultural competency is associated with their assessment of the working alliance, and, if so, whether a working alliance that is enhanced by provider cultural competency has a particularly strong effect on the patient's intended and actual treatment follow-up. (3) To understand whether the working alliance is particularly important among patients with moderate levels of stigma and negative attitudes and beliefs about treatment, such that a strong working alliance might increase these patients' intention to follow-up and completed follow-up to the PCP's treatment recommendation.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $41,800 )
2011	2011	CLARK UNIVERSITY	950 MAIN STREET	WORCESTER	MA	01610	WORCESTER	USA	Mental Health National Research Service Awards for Research Training	000	2	5/23/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$41,800
														Subtotal = $41,800

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $41,380 )
2010	2010	CLARK UNIVERSITY	950 MAIN STREET	WORCESTER	MA	01610	WORCESTER	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	001	1	6/2/2010	NEW	$41,380
2010	2010	CLARK UNIVERSITY	950 MAIN STREET	WORCESTER	MA	01610	WORCESTER	USA	Mental Health Research Grants	000	1	6/2/2010	NEW	$0
														Subtotal = $41,380

Grand Total All Awards = $83,180

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FOLLOW-UP TO MENTAL HEALTH CARE AMONG LATINOS

Award Number: F31MH091874

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF MENTAL HEALTH

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: FELLOWSHIP/SCHOLARSHIP/STUDENT LOANS

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 06/02/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/01/2012

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