Immigration policy changes and the mental health of Mexican-American immigrants

RE Gearing, M Washburn, LR Torres, LC Carr… - Journal of racial and …, 2021 - Springer
In recent years, significant policy changes focused on immigrants migrating through the
southern United States border have been implemented. To determine if there was an …

Psychological distress in middle eastern immigrants to the United States: A challenge to the healthy migrant model?

E Bulut, KL Brewster - Social Science & Medicine, 2021 - Elsevier
Rationale and objective Research has documented a robust mental health advantage
among Asian and Latino immigrants to the United States relative to the native-born. The …

Immigrants and mental disorders in the united states: New evidence on the healthy migrant hypothesis

CP Salas-Wright, MG Vaughn, TC Goings, DP Miller… - Psychiatry …, 2018 - Elsevier
Objectives Despite experiencing migration-related stress and social adversity, immigrants
are less likely to experience an array of adverse behavioral and health outcomes. Guided by …

Immigration and mental health: Mexican Americans in the United States

JI Escobar, CH Nervi, MA Gara - Harvard review of psychiatry, 2000 - Taylor & Francis
The Hispanic population in the United States continues to expand rapidly due primarily to a
large flow of immigrants from Mexico. Historical observations of disadvantage in the …

Mood, anxiety, and personality disorders among first and second-generation immigrants to the United States

CP Salas-Wright, N Kagotho, MG Vaughn - Psychiatry research, 2014 - Elsevier
A careful examination of the multigenerational relationship between immigrant status and
mental disorders can provide important information about the robustness and nature of the …

Mental health and immigrant status

F Gong, DT Takeuchi - … of Health, Illness, Behavior, and Society, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Immigrant status in the United States includes multiple dimensions, commonly measured by
nativity, age at time of immigration, length of residence, generational status, English …

Examining psychological distress across intersections of immigrant generational status, race, poverty, and gender

A Mancenido, EC Williams, A Hajat - Community mental health journal, 2020 - Springer
While many studies have documented the health outcomes of immigrants, little is known
about the direct and intersectional influences of generational status on mental health. We …

Mental disorders among English-speaking Mexican immigrants to the US compared to a national sample of Mexicans

J Breslau, S Aguilar-Gaxiola, G Borges… - Psychiatry …, 2007 - Elsevier
Our understanding of the relationship between immigration and mental health can be
advanced by comparing immigrants pre-and post-immigration with residents of the …

Prevalence of mental illness in immigrant and non-immigrant US Latino groups

M Alegría, G Canino, PE Shrout… - American Journal of …, 2008 - Am Psychiatric Assoc
Objective: Although widely reported among Latino populations, contradictory evidence
exists regarding the generalizability of the immigrant paradox, ie, that foreign nativity …

Immigration and mental health

M Alegría, K Álvarez, K DiMarzio - Current epidemiology reports, 2017 - Springer
Abstract Purpose of Review While the experience of migration and resettlement in a new
country is associated with mental health risks, immigrants generally demonstrate better …