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- Title
The Mental Health of Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results from the National Survey of American Life.
- Authors
Williams, David R.; Haile, Rahwa; Neighbors, Harold; González, Hector M.; Baser, Raymond; Jackson, James S.
- Abstract
Objectives. We examined the prevalence of psychiatric disorders among Black Caribbean immigrant ("Caribbean Black") and African American populations and the correlates of psychiatric disorders among the Caribbean Black population. Methods. We conducted descriptive and age-adjusted analyses of the data from the National Survey of American Life--an in-person household mental health survey of noninstitutionalized US Blacks. We assessed psychiatric disorders as defined by Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fourth Edition criteria with the Composite International Diagnostic Interview. Results. Compared with African American men, Caribbean Black men had higher risks for 12-month rates of psychiatric disorders. Caribbean Black women had lower odds for 12-month and lifetime psychiatric disorders compared with African American women. Risks varied by ethnicity, immigration history, and generation status within the Caribbean sample. First-generation Caribbean Blacks had lower rates of psychiatric disorders compared with second- or third-generation Caribbean Blacks, and, compared with first-generation Carribbean Blacks, third-generation Caribbean Blacks had markedly elevated rates of psychiatric disorders. Conclusions. Mental health risks were associated with ethnic diversity within the US Black population. Increased exposure to minority status in the United States was associated with higher risks for psychiatric disorders among Black Caribbean immigrants, which possibly reflects increased societal stress and downward social mobility associated with being Black in America.
- Subjects
UNITED States; CARIBBEAN people; IMMIGRANTS; HEALTH of immigrants; MENTAL health surveys; PSYCHIATRIC diagnosis; INTERVIEWING in psychiatry; MENTAL health of African Americans; HEALTH of minorities; MINORITIES
- Publication
American Journal of Public Health, 2007, Vol 97, Issue 1, p52
- ISSN
0090-0036
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2105/AJPH.2006.088211