Abstract
Purpose: To examine the prevalence of self-reported criminal and violent behavior, substance use disorders, and mental disorders among Mexican immigrants vis-à-vis the US born. Methods: Study findings are based on national data collected between 2012 and 2013. Binomial logistic regression was employed to examine the relationship between immigrant status and behavioral/psychiatric outcomes. Results: Mexican immigrants report substantially lower levels of criminal and violent behaviors, substance use disorders, and mental disorders compared to US-born individuals. Conclusion: While some immigrants from Mexico have serious behavioral and psychiatric problems, Mexican immigrants in general experience such problems at far lower rates than US-born individuals.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1325-1328 |
| Number of pages | 4 |
| Journal | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue number | 10 |
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| Publication status | Published - 2017 Oct 1 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:Acknowledgements This research was supported in part by grant number R25 DA030310 from the National Institute on Drug Abuse at the National Institutes of Health and by the National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences, National Institutes of Health, through BU-CTSI Grant Number 1KL2TR001411. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the NIH.
Publisher Copyright:
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All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Epidemiology
- Social Psychology
- Health(social science)
- Psychiatry and Mental health
