Symptoms of major depression among Mexican-Americans and non-Hispanic whites.
The lifetime prevalence of symptoms of a major depressive episode was estimated in two large samples of randomly selected community residents that included many Mexican-Americans. Approximately 5% to 40% of the subjects reported each symptom cluster. The rates for Mexican-Americans born in the United States resembled those for non-Hispanic whites born in the United States; however, the rates for Mexican-Americans born in Mexico were lower in eight of nine symptoms clusters. Language differences did not account for this pattern. Cultural similarity to non-Hispanic whites born in the United States was associated with a higher rate of depressive symptoms.
Golding
J M
JM
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
Karno
M
M
Rutter
C M
CM
D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D016000:Cluster Analysis; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000208:ethnology; D004641:Emigration and Immigration; D005260:Female; D006306:Health Surveys; D006630:Hispanic or Latino / Q000523:psychology*; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D015141:Los Angeles; D008297:Male; D008800:Mexico / Q000208:ethnology; D008875:Middle Aged; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D014481:United States / Q000208:ethnology; D044465:White People / Q000523:psychology