Mental disorders among undocumented Mexican immigrants in high-risk neighborhoods: Prevalence, comorbidity, and vulnerabilities

Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology

Volumn 85, Issue 10, 2017, Pages 927-936

  Garcini, Luz M ^a   Peña, Juan M ^b   Galvan, Thania ^c   Fagundes, Christopher P ^a   Malcarne, Vanessa ^d   Klonoff, Elizabeth A ^e  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW MEXICO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DENVER   (United States)

^d SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Latinx; mental disorders; mental illness; Mexican; undocumented

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DRUG DEPENDENCE; FEMALE; GENERALIZED ANXIETY DISORDER; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MEXICAN; MINI INTERNATIONAL NEUROPSYCHIATRIC INTERVIEW; NEIGHBORHOOD; PANIC; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE USE; VULNERABLE POPULATION; ADOLESCENT; AGE; CALIFORNIA; MEXICAN AMERICAN; MIDDLE AGED; MIGRANT; PSYCHOLOGY; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; ANXIETY DISORDERS; CALIFORNIA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES; MEXICAN AMERICANS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85030160821     PISSN: 0022006X     EISSN: 19392117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/ccp0000237     Document Type: Article

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