title: Desire for help among drug-using Mexican-American arrestees.
abstract: In a sample of 88 drug-using Mexican-American arrestees, we examined demographic factors, drug-problem severity indicators, and personal and social resources as correlates of self-reported desire for help with problems related to drug use. Ethnicity-related attitudes, perceptions, and experiences were among the factors tested. Among 35 potential correlates in this dataset, recognition of drug-related interpersonal problems was the sole significant correlate of desire for help in a multivariate regression analysis. This finding was interpreted in comparison to previously identified correlates of Mexican-American drug users' desire for help specifically in the form of drug user treatment. We derive implications regarding drug-use-associated problem recognition and other potential determinants of help-seeking and success in drug user treatment among Mexican-American drug users.
authors.affiliation: Drug Abuse Research Center, UCLA Neuropsychiatric Institute, Los Angeles, California 90024, USA.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Longshore
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D015984:Causality; D015331:Cohort Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015141:Los Angeles / Q000453:epidemiology; D008297:Male; D017058:Mexican Americans / Q000523:psychology*; D010342:Patient Acceptance of Health Care / Q000208:ethnology*; D011329:Prisoners / Q000523:psychology; D012494:Sampling Studies; D019966:Substance-Related Disorders / Q000208:ethnology* / Q000523:psychology*