Political violence, psychosocial trauma, and the context of mental health services use among immigrant Latinos in the United States

Ethnicity and Health

Volumn 13, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 435-463

  Fortuna, Lisa R ^a   Porche, Michelle V ^b   Alegria, Margarita ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b WELLESLEY COLLEGE   (United States)

^c HARVARD MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Immigrant; Latino; Mental health services use; Political violence; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ABNORMALITY; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HEALTH SERVICES; HEALTH SURVEY; IMMIGRANT POPULATION; LANGUAGE; LATINO PEOPLE; MENTAL HEALTH; PERCEPTION; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; PSYCHOLOGY;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE ACCESS; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH SURVEY; HISPANIC; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INJURY; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; POLITICAL VIOLENCE; PROBABILITY; PSYCHOSOCIAL TRAUMA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIAL ASPECT; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; COMMUNITY MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIDDLE AGED; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOLOGICAL TESTS; PSYCHOMETRICS; RISK FACTORS; SOCIAL SUPPORT; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; UNITED STATES; VIOLENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

NORTH AMERICA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 53849116789     PISSN: 13557858     EISSN: 14653419     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13557850701837286     Document Type: Article

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