▪ Abstract This chapter provides an overview of the concept of acculturation and reviews
existing evidence about the possible relationships between acculturation and selected …

Acculturation has become a popular variable in research on health disparities among
certain ethnic minorities, in the absence of serious reflection about its central concepts and …

Context Epidemiologic information is important to inform etiological research and service
delivery planning. However, current information on the epidemiology of alcohol use …

BackgroundTo identify sources of race/ethnic differences related to post-traumatic stress
disorder (PTSD), we compared trauma exposure, risk for PTSD among those exposed to …

Objectives. We examined the prevalence of depressive, anxiety, and substance use
disorders among Latinos residing in the United States. Methods. We used data from the …

Acculturation measures intend to capture the psychological, behavioral, and attitudinal
changes that occur when individuals and groups from different cultures come into …

This paper provides a rationale for, and overview of, procedures used to develop the
National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). The NLAAS is nationally representative …

Hispanics living in the United States may face substantial adversity, given stresses of
immigration and acculturation, low incomes, poor educational and occupational …

ContextAmong illicit substance use disorders, marijuana use disorders are the most
prevalent in the population. Yet, information about the prevalence of current Diagnostic and …

Since the early 1980s, epidemiological studies using state-of-the-art methodologies have
documented the unmet mental health needs of Latinos adults in the US and Puerto Rico …