Heiman E M, Burruel G, Chavez N
Hosp Community Psychiatry. 1975 Aug;26(8):515-7. doi: 10.1176/ps.26.8.515.
A mental health center offering outpatient services to Mexican-Americans should be centrally located in the Mexican-American community, should have a bicultural and bilingual staff, and should have an informal atmosphere with a minimum number of bureaucratic procedures. The center's services must be publicized in a way that minimizes the stigmatization of mental illness, promotes preventive care, and indicates that staff understand Mexican-Americans' problems. La Frontera, a mental health outpatient clinic serving the Tucson area, operates under those guidelines. Clinic records in March 1973 showed that Mexican-Americans accounted for 61 per cent of the active cases.
一家为墨西哥裔美国人提供门诊服务的心理健康中心应位于墨西哥裔美国人社区的中心位置，应有具备双语和双文化能力的工作人员，且应有非正式的氛围，将官僚程序减至最少。该中心的服务宣传方式必须将精神疾病的污名化降至最低，促进预防保健，并表明工作人员理解墨西哥裔美国人的问题。“边境”心理健康门诊诊所服务于图森地区，就是按照这些指导方针运营的。1973年3月的诊所记录显示，墨西哥裔美国人占活跃病例的61%。
