title: Migration and mental health among Hmong refugees. Association of pre- and postmigration factors with self-rating scales.
abstract: To date there have been no epidemiological studies of a refugee population using self-rating scales. This method was used in a study of Hmong refugees in Minnesota. Self-reported symptoms were compared with premigration and postmigration factors to assess those characteristics associated with increased symptom reporting. Relatively few premigration factors influenced these self-reports, whereas several postmigration factors were significantly correlated with symptoms. These findings suggest certain interventions which might enhance the adjustment of subsequent refugees.
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000367:Age Factors; D001210:Asia, Southeastern / Q000208:ethnology; D001290:Attitude; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000523:psychology; D005006:Ethnicity; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology; D008910:Minnesota; D010555:Personality Inventory; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012036:Refugees / Q000523:psychology*; D012737:Sex Factors