TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Immigrants from Mexico experience serious behavioral and psychiatric problems at far lower rates than US-born Americans
JO  - Social psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology
A1  - Salas-Wright, Christopher P.
A1  - Vaughn, Michael G.
A1  - Goings, Trenette Clark
SP  - 1325
EP  - 1328
VL  - 52
IS  - 10
N2  - 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. <br><br>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. <br><br>RESULTS: Mexican immigrants report substantially lower levels of criminal and violent behaviors, substance use disorders, and mental disorders compared to US-born individuals. <br><br>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.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 0933-7954
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00127-017-1425-6
ID  - ref1
ER  -