Latino migrants’ pandemic hardships underscore ‘urgent’ mental health needs, Rice study says

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Latino migrants’ pandemic hardships underscore ‘urgent’ mental health needs, Rice study says
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, the clinical psychologist and Rice professor who led the study, said these struggles were compounded by the fear of detention, deportation or family separation.

“We need to constantly be aware of how this is affecting historically marginalized communities, particularly these immigrant communities that have no access, where this is very highly stigmatized and where they’re afraid of reaching out for help or even talking about it,” she said. “The minute they don’t have the ability to cover medical expenses, their life is at risk,” Garcini said. “That created a lot of significant stress.”

One man, a construction worker, told her to keep working, he purposely ignored public health guidelines to get infected so he could pass the virus to his family, mistakenly believing this would ensure long-term immunity.

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