S.J. reaches out to Muslim residents

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S.J. reaches out to Muslim residents
Mental health office seeking to build trust

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By Jennifer Torres
Record Staff Writer
January 31, 2008 6:00 AM

San Joaquin County's mental health office is seeking help from a community organization to build trust among Muslim and Middle Eastern residents, who traditionally have been underserved in mental health programs.

The effort is part of a wider county plan to improve mental health among Middle Eastern and Muslim, Laotian, Hmong, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Latino, American Indian and black communities and also people who identify themselves as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender.