This article reports on the outcome of an expert consensus meeting in August 2005
sponsored by the National Institute of Mental Health, which assembled 15 senior …

This chapter introduces readers to a basic model and framework with which to understand
how human cultures influence, and are influenced by, psychological processes and …

Advancing work to effectively study, understand, and serve the fastest growing US ethnic
minority population, this volume explicitly emphasizes the racial and ethnic diversity within …

The aggregation of Latino subgroups in national studies creates an overly simplistic
narrative that Latinos are at lower risk of mental illness and that foreign nativity seems …

This article presents analyses of a representative sample of US Latinos (N= 2,540) to
investigate whether family cohesion moderates the effects of cultural conflict on …

Empirical studies examining perceived ethnic discrimination in Latinos of diverse
background groups are limited. This study examined prevalence and correlates of …

Globally the burden due to mental disorders is continuously increasing. Still, professional
help-seeking behavior is not fully understood. To conceive cultural determinants of help …

Compared with non-Latino Whites, Latino immigrants have a lower prevalence of
depression. However, they are also less likely to seek professional mental health services …

The proliferation of the Latino population in the United States portends the urgency to
understand their mental health care needs. It is well documented that Latinos are the largest …

Shame resilience theory (SRT) proposes that a woman who experiences shame can reduce
the sense of feeling trapped, isolated, and powerless by implementing specific strategies …