Understanding differences in past year psychiatric disorders for Latinos living in the US

Social Science and Medicine

Volumn 65, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 214-230

  Alegria, Margarita ^a,b   Shrout, Patrick E ^c   Woo, Meghan ^d   Guarnaccia, Peter ^e   Sribney, William ^f   Vila, Doryliz ^g   Polo, Antonio ^h   Cao, Zhun ^a,b   Mulvaney Day, Norah ^a,b   Torres, Maria ^a   Canino, Glorisa ^g  

^a CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^b HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c NEW YORK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^f Third Way Statistics ^*  (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF PUERTO RICO   (Puerto Rico)

^h DEPAUL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acculturation; Culture; Epidemiology; Immigrants; Latinos; Psychiatric diagnosis; Race; USA

Indexed keywords

ACCULTURATION; CULTURE; EPIDEMIOLOGY; IMMIGRANT; MENTAL HEALTH; MORBIDITY; RACE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS;

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEPRESSION; FAMILY STRESS; FEMALE; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES;

ACCULTURATION; CUBA; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MEXICO; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PUERTO RICO; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT; UNITED STATES;

ATLANTIC ISLANDS; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CARIBBEAN ISLANDS; CUBA; GREATER ANTILLES; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 34250652500     PISSN: 02779536     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.socscimed.2007.03.026     Document Type: Article

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