title: Ethnicity, aging and mental health.
abstract: The relationship between ethnicity and mental health deserves more consideration than it usually receives if we are to understand how values translate into behavior. This question could be explored productively with a variety of subgroups, but in this paper the emphasis will be on the aged. What is the relationship between ethnicity and the mental health problems of the elderly in American society? This paper offers some suggestions and reviews some data that might encourage further efforts in this area.
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000375:Aging; D001290:Attitude; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D003156:Community Mental Health Services; D003688:Deinstitutionalization; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005006:Ethnicity / Q000523:psychology*; D005190:Family; D005853:Geriatrics / Q000193:education; D006801:Humans; D007398:Interpersonal Relations; D008016:Life Change Events; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000209:etiology; D008603:Mental Health