Author: Dulce Rodriguez-Escamilla | The Independent Florida Alligator

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University of Florida | Mental health stigma persists among Hispanic students and immigrants

The gap in stigma and mental health awareness in the Hispanic community is generational and cultural, he added. Conversations with parents about issues affecting mental health can become complicated when someone brings up issues that are traumatic or complicated in Hispanic society, such as trauma after immigration.