title: Mental health status among Puerto Ricans, Mexican Americans, and non-Hispanic whites.
abstract: Compared mental health characteristics of island Puerto Ricans to three groups from the Los Angeles Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study: Mexican American immigrants, U.S.-born Mexican Americans, and Non-Hispanic whites. The Diagnostic Interview Schedule was used to obtain both diagnostic and symptom scale information about affective disorders, alcohol abuse/dependence, somatization, phobic disorder, and psychotic disorder. Mexican American immigrants had the fewest mental health problems of all groups. Puerto Ricans had more somatization disorder, but less affective and alcohol disorders than U.S.-born Mexican Americans or non-Hispanic whites. Results are considered in the light of selection factors, relative disadvantage of groups and methodological problems.
authors.affiliation: Division of Biostatistics, Columbia University.
authors.forename: P E
authors.initials: PE
authors.lastname: Shrout
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Canino
authors.forename: H R
authors.initials: HR
authors.lastname: Bird
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rubio-Stipec
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bravo
authors.forename: M A
authors.initials: MA
authors.lastname: Burnam
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003466:Cultural Characteristics; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D011647:Puerto Rico / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D012923:Social Class