Habla Español? Hispanics Face Growing Mental Health Care Crisis [usatoday.com]

Rafael Maravilla(PACEs Connection Staff) 8/2/193:04 PM

By Jared Weber, USA Today, July 18, 2019

It was soon after Jasmine Alcala gave birth to her son, Benjamin, that her mind flooded with thoughts of catastrophe.

For Alcala, now 38, tragedy lurked everywhere. At her Long Beach, California, home, which she rarely left while caring for her newborn, she feared a home invasion. Behind the wheel, her heart raced at the possibility of a fatal car accident. At the grocery store, she fretted over the potential of armed robbery.

And nothing was as terrifying as the idea of not being with her son.

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