Immigration and Mental Health: Stress, Psychiatric Disorders and Suicidal Behavior Among Immigrants and Refugees (Psychiartry - Theory, Applications and Treatments)

IMMIGRATION AND MENTAL HEALTH: STRESS, PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS AND SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR AMONG IMMIGRANTS AND REFUGEES......Page 4
CONTENTS......Page 6
PREFACE......Page 10
PART I SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR......Page 12
ABSTRACT......Page 14
IMMIGRATION AS A HUMAN ENDEAVOR......Page 15
A MODEL OF SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR......Page 17
CONCLUSION......Page 19
REFERENCES......Page 20
ABSTRACT......Page 22
ACCULTURATION AND THE GENERATION EFFECT......Page 23
Acculturation......Page 24
Protective Factors......Page 25
CULTURAL ACCEPTABILITY OF SUICIDE......Page 26
METHOD OF SUICIDE......Page 27
SUICIDE AND ACCULTURATION WITHIN THE INDIGENOUS POPULATION......Page 28
CASE EXAMPLE......Page 29
REFERENCES......Page 31
INTRODUCTION......Page 34
THE GENDER PARADOX IN SUICIDAL BEHAVIOR......Page 35
GENDER AND DEPRESSION......Page 37
RISKS IN THE SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT:  MARRIAGE AND ABUSE......Page 39
DURKHEIM’S FATALISTIC SUICIDE AND IMMIGRANT WOMEN......Page 41
CONCLUSION......Page 43
REFERENCES......Page 44
ABSTRACT......Page 50
INTRODUCTION......Page 51
(#1) Ethnicity:......Page 54
(#3) Nativity......Page 57
(#4) Generation......Page 59
Age at Migration......Page 60
(#5) Return Migrants and Families of Migrants......Page 61
MAIN LIMITATIONS OF CURRENT RESEARCH......Page 62
SUMMARY: COMPARISON GROUPS OF RELEVANCE AND BI-NATIONAL EFFORTS......Page 64
REFERENCES......Page 65
ABSTRACT......Page 70
INTRODUCTION......Page 71
METHODS......Page 72
RESULTS......Page 74
DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSION......Page 80
REFERENCES......Page 81
ABSTRACT......Page 84
INTRODUCTION......Page 85
DATA SOURCES......Page 86
ANALYTICAL APPROACHES......Page 89
Suicides by Country of Birth Groupings......Page 90
Suicides by Ethnic Group......Page 91
RISK FACTORS FOR SUICIDE......Page 93
CONCLUSION......Page 94
REFERENCES......Page 95
ABSTRACT......Page 100
IMMIGRATION AS A STRESSFUL EVENT FOR ADULTS AND ADOLESCENTS......Page 101
Depression among Adolescent Immigrants......Page 102
Co-Morbidity with Depression and other Psychiatric Problems......Page 103
Suicidal Behavior in Adolescent Immigrants......Page 104
Family Support......Page 105
Language Immersion......Page 106
REFERENCES......Page 107
PART II ACCULTURATION AND MENTAL HEALTH......Page 112
1. INTRODUCTION......Page 114
3. THE BIDIMENSIONAL MODEL......Page 115
4. ACCULTURATION AS A CAUSE OF STRESS RELATED MENTAL DISORDERS......Page 116
DISCUSSION......Page 119
CONCLUSION......Page 121
REFERENCES......Page 122
ABSTRACT......Page 126
INTRODUCTION......Page 127
Social Integration......Page 128
Sample......Page 130
Negative Life Events......Page 131
Perceived Control......Page 132
RESULTS......Page 133
Correlations between Variables......Page 136
Perceived Control......Page 139
Social Integration......Page 140
CONCLUSION......Page 141
REFERENCES......Page 142
INTRODUCTION......Page 146
Factors Associated with Depression......Page 147
Immigration Factors......Page 151
Acculturation......Page 152
Social and Emotional Support......Page 153
Latino Health Paradox......Page 154
CONCLUSION......Page 155
REFERENCES......Page 156
INTRODUCTION......Page 162
ACCULTURATION AND MENTAL HEALTH......Page 163
The Focus of the Chapter......Page 164
Measures......Page 166
Descriptive Statistics for Acculturation......Page 167
Relationship between Acculturation and Depression......Page 168
DISCUSSION......Page 169
Relationships between Acculturation, Acculturative Stress, and Depression......Page 170
Implications and Recommendations......Page 171
REFERENCES......Page 172
ABSTRACT......Page 176
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL WELL-BEING OF IMMIGRANTS......Page 177
Target Population......Page 180
Measures of Psychological Well-Being......Page 181
Socio-Demographic Characteristics of the Adolescents and Characteristics of Their Family Included in the Analyses......Page 183
A Comparison between Immigrant and Non-Emigrating Adolescents......Page 184
Predictors of Post-Migration Psychological Well-Being......Page 187
DISCUSSION......Page 190
CONCLUSION......Page 193
REFERENCES......Page 194
ABSTRACT......Page 200
INTRODUCTION......Page 201
Psychological Distress......Page 204
Mood and Anxiety Disorders......Page 206
Health Care Services Use......Page 207
Psychotropic Drug Use......Page 208
Strengths and Limitations......Page 211
CONCLUSION......Page 212
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 213
REFERENCES......Page 214
ABSTRACT......Page 222
INTRODUCTION......Page 223
Procedure......Page 225
Sociodemographic Characteristics......Page 226
Variables Associated with Psychiatric Disorders......Page 227
CONCLUSION......Page 229
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS......Page 231
REFERENCES......Page 232
ABSTRACT......Page 236
SOCIAL SELECTION THEORY......Page 237
MULTIVARIATE MODEL OF THE IMMIGRANT ADAPTATION PROCESS......Page 238
LENGTH OF RESIDENCE IN THE SOCIETY OF SETTLEMENT......Page 240
(ii) The Society of Resettlement......Page 242
THE ACCULTURATIVE STRESS MODEL......Page 244
THE NEW ZEALAND EXPERIENCE......Page 246
CONCLUSION......Page 248
REFERENCES......Page 249
PART III: SUBSTANCE ABUSE......Page 254
ABSTRACT......Page 256
PART I. DEFINITION AND ETIOLOGIES OF SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS......Page 257
Biological Explanation of Addiction......Page 258
Psychosocial Explanations of Substance Use among Immigrants......Page 259
Conceptual Definitions of Acculturation and Other Related Terms......Page 260
Prevalence of Substance Use Disorders among Immigrants in the US......Page 261
Differences in Substance Use Disorders by Nativity and/or Acculturation......Page 268
Gender Difference in Substance Use Disorders within the Immigrant Population......Page 269
PART III. CONCLUSION......Page 270
REFERENCES......Page 272
INTRODUCTION......Page 280
EPIDEMIOLOGICAL ASPECTS......Page 282
TREATMENT......Page 288
ACKNOWLEDGMENT......Page 289
REFERENCES......Page 290
PART IV: MISCELLANEOUS......Page 294
INTRODUCTION......Page 296
MIGRATION IN THE MODERN WORLD......Page 297
MICRO-LEVEL MODELS: INDIVIDUALS CHOOSE TO MIGRATE......Page 298
MACRO LEVEL MODELS......Page 300
SOCIAL NETWORKS......Page 301
GLOBAL LEVEL MODELS......Page 303
REFERENCES......Page 304
INTRODUCTION......Page 308
CULTURAL ASPECTS OF STRESS AND DEPRESSION......Page 310
THE PROCESSES OF MIGRATING......Page 311
ON ARRIVAL......Page 313
HEALTH STATUS AND STRESS......Page 315
CULTURALLY APPROPRIATE RESPONESES......Page 317
CONCLUSION......Page 318
REFERENCES......Page 319
ABSTRACT......Page 326
EPIDEMIOLOGY......Page 327
BIOLOGICAL AND PSYCHOSOCIAL INTERACTIONS......Page 329
REFERENCES......Page 330
INTRODUCTION......Page 334
THE EMERGENCE OF THE CONCEPT “IMPULSIVITY”......Page 335
CURRENT MODELS......Page 336
REFERENCE LIST......Page 337
INTRODUCTION......Page 340
CROSS-CULTURAL PERCEPTION OF FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS......Page 341
SOCIAL RAMIFICATIONS OF FACIAL ATTRACTIVENESS......Page 342
REFERENCES......Page 343
LEO SHER, M.D.......Page 346
ALEXANDER VILENS, M.S.......Page 347
INDEX......Page 348