Hispanic immigrants in the USA: social and mental health perspectives

Oquendo, Maria-A.; Parekh, Amrita; Araya, Ricardo; Wainberg, Milton-L.; Duarte, Cristiane-S.; Alarcón, Renato D.

dc.contributor.author	Alarcón, Renato D.
dc.contributor.author	Parekh, Amrita
dc.contributor.author	Wainberg, Milton-L.
dc.contributor.author	Duarte, Cristiane-S.
dc.contributor.author	Araya, Ricardo
dc.contributor.author	Oquendo, Maria-A.
dc.date.accessioned	2019-02-06T14:51:16Z
dc.date.available	2019-02-06T14:51:16Z
dc.date.issued	2016
dc.identifier.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/5185
dc.description.abstract	Hispanic immigration in the USA and its effect on many areas of US society are of great relevance to health care, public health, mental health, and medical and social sciences. In this report, we review and discuss pertinent literature on causes, procedures, and eventual outcomes of Hispanic migration waves throughout the last four decades. Hispanic immigrants do not constitute a monolithic group, despite the clear predominance of Mexican and Mexican-American segments. Common features of Hispanic immigrants include a younger average age, higher presence of married households, and lower educational levels than the overall US population. Differences within the Hispanic immigrant population are present in naturalisation figures, English language fluency, occupational and income status, health insurance coverage, and sense of accomplishment in the host society. We examine most of these aspects in the context of the so-called Hispanic paradox, presented as both a cause and a result of a heavily discussed acculturative process. We investigate prevalence and other data on depression, anxiety, substance abuse, and psychotic syndromes, with emphasis on the need to do further neurobiological, epigenetic, and sociocultural research in the Hispanic population.	en_US
dc.language.iso	eng
dc.publisher	Elsevier
dc.relation.ispartofseries	Lancet. Psychiatry
dc.rights	info:eu-repo/semantics/restrictedAccess
dc.rights.uri	https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.es
dc.subject	Emigrants and Immigrants/psychology/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Hispanic Americans/psychology/statistics & numerical data	en_US
dc.subject	Humans	en_US
dc.subject	Mental Disorders/ethnology	en_US
dc.subject	Prevalence	en_US
dc.subject	Socioeconomic Factors	en_US
dc.subject	United States/epidemiology	en_US
dc.title	Hispanic immigrants in the USA: social and mental health perspectives	en_US
dc.type	info:eu-repo/semantics/review
dc.identifier.doi	https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(16)30101-8
dc.subject.ocde	https://purl.org/pe-repo/ocde/ford#3.02.24
dc.relation.issn	2215-0374