12-month prevalence of DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders among Mexican Americans: nativity, social assimilation, and age determinants

• Published in: The journal of nervous and mental disease Vol. 192; no. 8; p. 532
• Main Authors: Vega, William A, Sribney, William M, Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio, Kolody, Bohdan
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States 01.08.2004
• Subjects: Acculturation; Adolescent; Adult; Age Distribution; Age Factors; California - epidemiology; Data Collection - statistics & numerical data; Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders; Emigration and Immigration - statistics & numerical data; Female; Humans; Male; Mental Disorders - epidemiology; Mexican Americans - statistics & numerical data; Middle Aged; Population Groups - statistics & numerical data; Prevalence; Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; Risk Factors; Socioeconomic Factors; Time Factors; United States - epidemiology; United States; California
• ISSN: 0022-3018
• DOI: 10.1097/01.nmd.0000135477.57357.b2

The burden of disease attributable to mental illnesses has major costs and human services implications in the United States. Mexican Americans compose two thirds of the nation's largest and fastest-growing minority group, Latinos. We report 12-month DSM-III-R psychiatric disorder rates among Me...