Associate Professor
Chair, Health/Mental Health Field of Practice Specialization

B.A. Herbert H. Lehman College

M.S.W. New York University

D.S.W. (Advanced Clinical Practice), Adelphi University

Room: 907; Phone: (212) 452-7033; Fax: (212) 452-7150

E-Mail: manny. gonzalez@hunter.cuny.edu

Substantive Areas of Interest: 

Mental Health/Mental Illness 

Application of Developmental and Psychodynamic Theories in Contemporary Clinical Practice

Psychosocial Treatment of Urban Children and Adolescents

Health and Mental Health Well-Being of Hispanics in the United States

Psychological Outcomes of Maltreated Children

Current Research:

Caregiver Burden among Hispanic Primary Caretakers of a Child with Mental Illness

The Detection of Mental Health Needs among Hispanic Patients Treated in Municipal Hospitals

Selected Publications: 

Books:
            Gonzalez, M.J. and Gonzalez-Ramos, G. (Eds.). (2005). Mental health care for new Hispanic immigrants: Innovative approaches in contemporary clinical practice. New York: Haworth Press.  

            Congress, E. and Gonzalez, M.J. (Eds.). (2005). Multicultural perspectives in working with families. 2^nd Edition. New York: Springer. 

Book Chapters: 

            Gonzalez, M.J. and Acevedo, G. (2006). Psychological intervention with Hispanic patients: A review of culturally-syntonic treatments.  In Rosenberg, S. and Rosenberg, J. (Eds.), Community mental health in the 21^st century. New York: Routledge. 

            Gonzalez, M.J., Lopez, J. and Ko, E. (2005). The Mariel and balsero Cuban immigrant experience: Family reunification issues and treatment recommendations. In Gonzalez, M.J. and Gonzalez-Ramos, G. (Eds.). (2005). Mental health care for new Hispanic immigrants: Innovative approaches in contemporary clinical practice. New York: Haworth Press. 

            Rosenberg, J., Gonzalez. M.J., and Rosenberg, S. (2005). Clinical practice with immigrants and refugees: An ethnographic multicultural approach.  In Congress, E. and Gonzalez, M.J. (Eds.), Multicultural perspectives in working with families. 2^nd Edition. New York: Springer. 

            Goodley-Bent, T.B., Mayo, Y., Gonzalez, M.J., and Walters, K. (2004). Building a common agenda: Charting a social policy agenda for people of color. In Davis, K.E. & Bent-Goodley, T.B. (Eds.), The color of social policy, Alexandria, VA: Council on Social Work Education. 

Referred Articles in Journals: 

            Gonzalez, M. J. (2005). Access to mental health services: The struggle of poverty affected urban children of color.  Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal, 22 (3-4), 245-256.

             Gonzalez-Ramos, G. and Gonzalez, M.J. (2005). Health disparities in the Hispanic population: An overview. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services, 3 (1/2): 1-19.

            Gonzalez-Ramos, G. and Gonzalez, M.J. (2005). Mental health care of Hispanic immigrant children: A school-based approach. Journal of immigrant and Refugee Services, 3 (1/2): 47-58.

             Zayas, L, Gonzalez, M.J., and Hanson, M (2003). “What do I do now?”: On teaching evidence-based interventions in social work practice. Journal of Teaching in Social Work, 23(3/4): 59-72.

             Gonzalez, M.J. (2002). Mental health intervention with Hispanic immigrants: Understanding the influence of the client’s worldview, language, and religion. Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services, 1 (1): 81-92.

Monographs/Reports:           

            Acevedo, G., Gonzalez, M.J., Vargas Ramos, C. (2007). The state of Latino Health and Mental Health. New York: Center for Puerto Rican Studies, Hunter College/City University of New York. 

            Gonzalez, M.J. (2005). Casebook for clinical social work practice: An integrated approach. Boston, MA: Allyn and Bacon. 

            Gonzalez, M.J. (2004). Transitions in ethnocentric services: Organizational challenges of planning for change.  Baltimore, MD: The Annie E. Casey Foundation.