The Mental Health of Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results from the National Survey of American Life

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David R. Williams · Institute for Social Research

Rahwa Haile · Institute for Social Research

Hector M. González · Institute for Social Research

Harold W. Neighbors · Institute for Social Research

Raymond E. Baser · Institute for Social Research

James S. Jackson · Institute for Social Research

Abstract

Mental health risks were associated with ethnic diversity within the US Black population. Increased exposure to minority status in the United States was associated with higher risks for psychiatric disorders among Black Caribbean immigrants, which possibly reflects increased societal stress and downward social mobility associated with being Black in America.

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Migration, Health and Trauma Mental Health Treatment and Access Racial and Ethnic Identity Research

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Published in: American Journal of Public Health

Volume 97, Issue 1, pp. 52-59

DOI: 10.2105/ajph.2006.088211

Field-Weighted Citation Impact: 14.25

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The Mental Health of Black Caribbean Immigrants: Results from the National Survey of American Life

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