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Current Editorial:
Advances in Latino Family Research: Cultural Adaptations of Evidence-Based Interventions


Evan Imber-Black, Editor

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JUNE 2009 FEATURED ARTICLE

Adaptation of the Preventive Intervention Program for Depression for Use with Predominantly Low-Income Latino Families
Article By:


Eugene J. D’Angelo, PhD is Chief of the Division of Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and Director of the Outpatient Psychiatry Service at Children’s Hospital in Boston. He is also an Assistant Professor of Psychology at Harvard Medical School. His research interests are focused on preventive interventions, treatment outcomes, and adaptation of evidence-based practices for real world settings.

Roxana Llerena-Quinn, Ph.D. co-directs the Latino Program in the Department of Outpatient Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital in Boston. She is also an Instructor in Psychology at Harvard Medical School. Her clinical work and research interests have focused on the care of underserved populations, in particular, Latino families. As a Cross Cultural Educator at the Academy Center for Teaching and Learning at Harvard Medical School, her work has focused on curriculum and faculty development activities designed to better integrate cross-cultural care into the medical curriculum.

Rachel Shapiro, MSW, LICSW, is Co-Director of the Latino Program in the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital Boston. She is also an Instructor in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. Herself a Cuban American immigrant, and daughter of immigrants, she specializes in Latino mental health. Her clinical and research interests include culturally adapted behavior management training groups, strengthening intergenerational and intercultural connections between Latino parents and children, and family treatment for depression.

Frances Colón, MSW, LICSW is a clinician in the Department of Outpatient Psychiatry/ Children’s Hospital Neighborhood Partnership Program at Children’s Hospital in Boston. Her clinical work and research interests have focused on working with racially and ethnically diverse populations, Latino mental health and cultural issues, sexual assault, HIV mental health, group therapy, and school based mental health services. She is also the group therapy coordinator for the HIV Group Therapy Program.

Paola Rodriguez, M.A. is a doctoral candidate in clinical psychology at Suffolk University. She is also project director at the National Center for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder. Her clinical work and research interests have focused on coping strategies and resilience features present in individuals who have experienced trauma. She is currently directing a study exploring the relationship between PTSD and functional impairment across a variety of domains such as work, family, intimate relationships, education, parenting, and day-to-day activities.

Katie Gallagher, B.S. is a research assistant in the Department of Psychiatry at Children's Hospital, Boston. She is also taking courses at Boston University towards a Masters of Arts in Clinical Investigation.

William Beardslee, M.D. is Director of the Baer Prevention Initiatives, Chairman Emeritus of the Department of Psychiatry at Children’s Hospital in Boston, and Gardner Monks Professor of Child Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. He is also a Senior Scientist at the Judge Baker Children’s Center in Boston. Dr. Beardslee has directed the Preventive Intervention Project, a ten year study of response to public health preventive interventions for families facing depression. He is the author of over 150 articles and chapters and two books: The Way Out Must Lead In: Life Histories in the Civil Rights Movement, a story of what enables civil rights workers to endure; and Out of the Darkened Room: Protecting the Children and Strengthening the Family When a Parent Is Depressed a book about how parents and caregivers can help families overcome depression.





Featured Author

Eugene J.  D'Angelo, Ph.D.


Featured Author

Roxana Llerena-Quinn, Ph.D.


Featured Author

Frances Colón, MSW, LICSW


Featured Author

Rachel  Shapiro, MSW, LICSW


Featured Author

Paola Rodriguez, M.A.


Featured Author

Katie Gallagher, B.S.


Featured Author

William  Beardslee, M.D.



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