@article{889cfa938126475a8ad69a05e6548027,
title = "Concepts of mental health and mental illness in older Hispanics",
abstract = "The effect of cultural context in symptom expression and interpretation among older Hispanics, and how they experience psychological distress are not well-understood. We use the illness representation model to learn about older Puerto Ricans' and Dominicans' conceptions and causes of positive mental health, the causes of emotional problems, the conceptions and causes of depression and anxiety, the distinction between depression and anxiety, and the relationship between age and depression. Greater understanding of the meaning of symptoms and syndromes of depression and anxiety might help to define more culturally-sensitive mental health treatments and service delivery systems.",
keywords = "Mental health, Mental illness, Older Hispanics, Symptom meaning",
author = "Berkman, {Cathy S.} and Guarnaccia, {Peter J.} and Naelys Diaz and Badger, {Lee W.} and Kennedy, {Gary J.}",
note = "Funding Information: Cathy S. Berkman, PhD, Naelys Diaz, MSW, and Lee W. Badger, PhD, are affiliated with the Center for Hispanic Mental Health Research, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service, 113 West 60th Street, NY, NY 10023. Peter J. Guarnaccia, PhD, is affiliated with the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy, and Aging Research, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ 08901. Gary J. Kennedy, MD, is affiliated with the Division of Geriatric Psychiatry, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY 10467. The authors are grateful for the assistance and support of the following individuals, without whom this study would not have been possible: Cirilo Diaz, Kay Dundorf, Reverend Thomas B. Fenlon, Jose R. Ortiz Ortiz, and Carmen Reyes. This work was supported by NIMH grant R24 MH60002.",
year = "2005",
doi = "10.1300/J191v03n01_04",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "3",
pages = "59--85",
journal = "Journal of Immigrant and Refugee Services",
issn = "1536-2949",
publisher = "Routledge",
number = "1-2",
}
