Lifetime Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders Among Urban and Rural Mexican Americans in California

A. Vega, William; Kolody, Bohdan; Aguilar‐Gaxiola, Sergio; Alderete, Ethel; Catalano, Ralph; Javier Caraveo-Anduaga, Jorge

doi:10.1001/archpsyc.55.9.771

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Lifetime Prevalence of DSM-III-R Psychiatric Disorders Among Urban and Rural Mexican Americans in California

Published in Archives of General Psychiatry • Sep 1, 1998

Authors:

William A. Vega

Bohdan Kolody

Sergio Aguilar‐Gaxiola

Abstract

BACKGROUND: The Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey presents lifetime prevalence rates for 12 DSM-III-R psychiatric disorders in a sample of 3012 adults of Mexican origin by place of residence and nativity, and compares these results with those of population surveys conducted in the Unit...

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Residence

Socioeconomic status

Demography

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