Depression in Latinos Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Gullotta, Thomas P. (Editor), Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio A. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Boston, MA : Springer US, 2008.
• Series: Issues in Children's and Families' Lives, 8
• Subjects: Psychology.; Medicine.; Psychiatry.; Education.; Social work.; Child psychology.; School psychology.; Cross-cultural psychology.; Child and School Psychology.; Cross Cultural Psychology.; Social Work.; Education, general.; Medicine/Public Health, general.

Depression ranks as a leading mental health problem among Hispanic immigrants and their US-born children. And a wide array of issues—starting with the widespread stereotype of the "illegal immigrant"—makes the Latino experience of this condition differ from that of any other group. Depress...

Table of Contents:

• Sociodemographic, Epidemiological, Linguistic, and Cultural Factors in Depression in Latinos
• The Context of Depression in Latinos in the United States
• Latino Population Demographics, Risk Factors, and Depression: A Case Study of the Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey
• Descriptive Epidemiology of Depression in Latin America and Hispanics in the United States
• Comorbidity: Depression and Substance Abuse
• Cultural Considerations in the Diagnosis and Classification of Depression: The Hispanic Perspective
• Prevention, Screening, Assessment, and Diagnosis of Depression
• Prevention of Depression in Latinos
• Assessment of Depression Symptoms: Self-report Paper-and-Pencil and Computerized Questionnaires
• Diagnosis of Depression Among Latino Children and Adults
• Treatment of Depression
• Psychosocial Treatments for Depression with Adult Latinos
• Pharmacological Treatment of Depression in Hispanic Americans
• Community-Based Interventions for Depression
• Gender and Life-Cycle Issues
• Women and Depression: The Influence of Gender in Major Depressive Disorder
• Depression in Latino Children and Adolescents: Prevalence, Prevention, and Treatment
• Epidemiology, Assessment, and Treatment of Depression in Older Latinos.