Cultural Mental Health Services Through the Lifespan: Elderly

Cultural stigmas and social taboos make mental health a difficult topic, creating barriers to seeking treatment and leaving communities vulnerable to suffering from mental health issues. Our Latine community is far more likely to face these barriers as well as inadequate access to treatment services.

Please join us as we work to break down the barriers to mental health supports for our Latine community through a three-part series. Our third webinar topic is the mental health care of Seniors, focusing on affordability, access, cultural appropriateness, and education on benefits of seeking treatment.

Panelists
Francisco Lopez, Ph.D., Psychologist
Leonora C. Rodriguez, Executive Director, Milford Senior Center

Moderator
Frances Padilla, Former President, Universal Health Care Foundation of Connecticut

Questions? Please contact Carmen Burgos.

About the Panelists

Francisco A. Lopez, Ph.D., is a clinical and forensic psychologist in private practice. Dr. Lopez specializes in psychological assessment and treatment, as well as conducting and forensic evaluations. He holds a part-time faculty appointment of Assistant Clinical Professor at Yale University School of Medicine where he supervises interns within the Hispanic Clinic, CMHC Inpatient unit and Behavioral Medicine Assessment Clinic. He also serves on the board of the Spanish Community of Wallingford (SCOW) a community-based organization serving the Wallingford and Meriden area.

Leonora C. Rodriguez is the Executive Director of the Milford Senior Center. Her work focuses on the social aspects of community-based aging, creativity as a coping tool for older adults, healthy aging and conscientious living, and her Master’s Thesis examined the self-reported factors influencing COVID-19 vaccination in CT community-dwelling, older adults. Among her professional highlights, Rodriguez was appointed by Gov. Lamont to the CT Senior Center Workgroup in 2022. She also serves as a board member for the Connecticut Association of Senior Center Personnel and for the Sigma Phi Omega National Academic Honor and Professional Society in Gerontology.

Sessions in this webinar series include:

• March 30, 2023 - Cultural Mental Health Services Through the Lifespan: Adult (WATCH RECORDING)
  
• June 29, 2023 – Cultural Mental Health Services Through the Lifespan: Children/Youth (WATCH RECORDING)