The sociological study of the mental health of racial-ethnic minorities addresses issues of
core theoretical and empirical concern to the discipline. This review summarizes current …

This article presents a profile of the health status of Hispanic (Latino) populations in the
United States. The review is issue oriented and identifies those factors that have a …

This article argues for the need to culzturally adapt mainstream psychotherapy to Latino
populations. It discusses ethnic psychology as a cultural resilient practice. Examples of …

This study addresses potentially stressful events that accompany the process of immigration
for children and their families. Acculturation stress, combined with service disparities, may …

The paradox of underutilization of mental health services by Mexican Americans is critically
examined. It is argued that Mexiean Americans live under high levels of psychological and …

A male Bedouin psychiatric patient was initially misdiagnosed and treated as a paranoid
schizophrenic. The modern mental health care system correctly understood the “form” of the …

Pilar is a 36-year-old Puerto Rican mother of four children, ages 13 to 18. She is unclear
whether she had a tubal ligation at the time of the birth of her last child, but she has used no …

Abstract A revised Hopkins Symptom Checklist (HSCL), translated into Arabic, was
distributed to a sample of 87 nonpsychotic mental health out-patients in Zarka, Jordan …

Issues confronting the traditionally-trained psychotherapist who is working with a Puerto
Rican population are considered, with a focus on the functional relationship of Puerto Rican …

This book on women as healers and patients in Puerto Rico is a very different kind of
ethnography. Its subject matter follows the established scholarly traditions of medical …