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Session: Findings from the National Latino and Asian American Study
3065.0: Monday, November 8, 2004: 8:30 AM-10:00 AM
Oral
Findings from the National Latino and Asian American Study
The Latino and Asian American populations of the United States are growing at a rate that far outstrips the research capacity necessary to understand the nature of their risks for psychiatric disorders, and to respond to their mental health service needs. The National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) is a national psychiatric epidemiologic study being conducted to measure psychiatric disorders and mental health service usage in a representative sample of Asians and Latinos. Using this cutting edge data set, this session discusses the following topics in the area of multicultural mental health: 1) central issues and research gaps in psychiatric epidemiology, 2) social support levels and differential use of mental health services, 3) service disparities, 4) insurance vulnerabilities for poor insurance outcomes, and 5) the impact of mental disorders on labor market success.
Learning Objectives: 1) To use multiple disciplinary perspectives to obtain awareness of the central issues in psychiatric epidemiology that are particularly relevant to multicultural populations. 2) To identify gaps in psychiatric epidemiology research with multicultural populations.
Presider(s):Margarita Alegria, PhD
8:30 AMDisorders, disparities, and access to treatment: Psychiatric epidemiology in Latino populations of the United States
Margarita Alegria, PhD, Thomas McGuire, PhD, Glorisa Canino, PhD, Patrick E. Shrout, PhD, Naihua Duan, PhD
8:45 AMUnfair differences in use of mental health services among racial and ethnic groups
Thomas McGuire, PhD, Margarita Alegria, PhD, David Takeuchi, PhD
9:00 AMSocial support and the use of mental health services among Latinos and Asian Americans
David Takeuchi, PhD, Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, Margarita Alegria, PhD
9:15 AMImpact of vulnerabilities on the disparity in insurance outcomes
Zhun Cao, PhD, Margarita Alegria, PhD, Thomas McGuire, PhD, David Takeuchi, PhD
9:30 AMEffect of mental disorders on labor market outcomes among Latino Americans
Pinka Chatterji, PhD, Margarita Alegria, PhD, Mingshan Lu, David Takeuchi, PhD
See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.
Organized by:Mental Health
Endorsed by:Community Health Planning and Policy Development
CE Credits:CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

The 132nd Annual Meeting (November 6-10, 2004) of APHA