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The number of people with neurological and psychiatric disabilities in Spanish-speaking countries has been increasing over the past two decades [1]. Due to the many physical, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional difficulties that individuals with disabilities and their families face, there is a great need for rehabilitative services. However, Spanish-speaking individuals, both in theUS and abroad, have less access to these services. In Spanish-speaking developing countries especially, support groups, individual psychological treatment, vocational and financial assistance, and caregiver resources are scarce [2]. This special issue presents eight studies that collectively assess important factors that should be considered in the rehabilitation of Spanish-speaking individuals with neurological and psychiatric disabilities, such as brain injury and Schizophrenia. One important step toward developing rehabilitation programs for Spanish-speaking individuals with traumatic brain injury (TBI) is to investigate factors associated with the shortand long-term psychosocial consequences of injury. Though much work has been conducted in this area for Anglo-Saxon populations, very little work has focused on Spanish-speaking individuals. As cultural differences may influence the rehabilitation process, this is an important area of focus [2,3]. In this special issue, two studies examine the predictors of satisfaction with life and employment, which are considered to be two of the most important outcomes associatedwith successful rehabilitation for individuals with TBI. Ketchum and colleagues explorewhich outcomes are associated with competitive employmentone year postinjury inHispanic patientswith TBI.Of the 418 patients from the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS), 72.2% were not competitively employed at one year post-injury, as measured by the dichotomous variable of “competitively employed” or “not competitively employed.” Further, pre-injury employment status, pre-injury level of education, etiology, associated SCI, PTA, DRS at discharge, FIM cognitive, FIM motor, and LOS in acute and rehabilitation care were all associated with employment status one year post-injury. These outcomes need to be considered when Hispanic patients wish to obtain competitive employment post-injury. Also, Ketchum and colleagues aim to determine the demographic, injury, rehabilitation, and followup characteristics associated with satisfaction with life (SWL) in Hispanic patients with TBI at one year postinjury. Retrospective analysis of 291 Hispanic patients with TBI from the TBI Model Systems (TBIMS) showed that at one year post-injury, age at injury, associated spinal cord injury (SCI), employment status post-injury, DRS post-injury, FIM cognitive, and FIM motor were associated with SWL, as measured by the satisfaction with life scale (SWLS). This implies that rehabilitation efforts should focus on cognition and vocational skills to improve SWL for Hispanic patients with TBI. Cognitive rehabilitation is an important formof treatment to manage the cognitive problems associated with neurological and psychiatric disability [4]. However, the majority of cognitive rehabilitation interventions are in English and very few programs exist for Spanish speakers. It is important to study the applicability of established cognitive rehabilitation interventions on Spanish-speaking individuals. This special issue presents four studies that examine the applicability, efficacy, and effectiveness of different cognitive rehabilitation programs and techniques in Spanish-speaking populations.

Spanish Speakers with Neurological and Psychiatric Disabilities: Relevant Factors Related to Rehabilitation