Co-occurrence of mental and physical illness in US Latinos

Ortega, Alexander N.; Feldman, Jonathan; Canino, Glorisa; Steinman, Kenneth J.; Alegrı́a, Margarita

doi:10.1007/s00127-006-0121-8

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“…This supports a large body of literature regarding the risk of maltreatment in families with histories of parental mental health problems (34). Similar levels of mental and physical health problems are also not surprising in light of the research evidence that supports the high co-occurrence rates of mental and physical illnesses (35,36). Findings have further indicated that the least commonly reported traumatic experience was indirect exposure to rape (emotional abuse group, 5%; sexual abuse group, 7%; non-abuse group, 2%).…”

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The relationship between child maltreatment and exposure to traumatic events during later adolescence and young adulthood

Schouwenaars¹,

Murphy²,

Elklit³

2016

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

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Objective: The present study investigated the relationship between different types of childhood maltreatment (emotional abuse, sexual abuse, multiple abuse types, and no abuse) and the occurrence of later traumatic events during later adolescence and young adulthood. Method: Data were collected from a Danish national study conducted by The Danish National Centre for Social Research in 2008 and 2009. A sample of 4718 young adults who were 24 years old was randomly selected using the total birth cohort of children born in 1984. A structured interview was conducted during which participants were asked about a range of traumatic and abusive experiences. Results: A response rate of 63% was achieved for a total sample size of 2980. Chi-squared analyses revealed significant relationships between all child maltreatment groups and direct exposure to 10 of the 13 traumatic events; there were also significant relationships between all child maltreatment groups and indirect exposure to 12 of the 13 traumatic events. Conclusion:The results showed that childhood maltreatment was associated with increased risk of exposure to traumatic events, both directly and indirectly, during adolescence and young adulthood. The findings of this study suggest there is an increased risk of being exposed to both direct and indirect traumas during later adolescence and young adulthood after any form of child maltreatment.

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confidence: 73%

The relationship between child maltreatment and exposure to traumatic events during later adolescence and young adulthood

Schouwenaars¹,

Murphy²,

Elklit³

2016

Scandinavian Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Psychology

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“…More recent epidemiological studies have also shown Puerto Ricans to have higher odds for psychiatric disorder than other Latinos (Alegria et al, 2007;Ortega et al, 2006). A distinguishing characteristic of island-born Puerto Ricans is that they enjoy citizenship at birth (unlike foreign-born Latinos), but they may feel more discriminated against when compared with other Latinos and non-Latino Whites, which could increase their risk for et al, 2007).…”

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“…The National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS) has been described in detail elsewhere Heeringa et al, 2004;Ortega et al, 2006). The original study makes use of both national Latino and Asian samples; however, we only report on the Latino sample here.…”

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“…For a more thorough discussion on this topic, please see Guarnaccia (1993) and Guarnaccia, Good, and Kleinman (1990). Our findings that Puerto Ricans with IED did not differ in IED-related impairment from the other Latinos with IED suggest that the observed odds for IED might not reflect disabling psychopathology, but rather differences in response styles.More recent epidemiological studies have also shown Puerto Ricans to have higher odds for psychiatric disorder than other Latinos (Alegria et al, 2007;Ortega et al, 2006). A distinguishing characteristic of island-born Puerto Ricans is that they enjoy citizenship at birth (unlike foreign-born Latinos), but they may feel more discriminated against when compared with other Latinos and non-Latino Whites, which could increase their risk for et al, 2007).…”

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Lifetime and 12-month intermittent explosive disorder in Latinos.

Ortega

Canino

Alegrı́a

2008

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

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This study examined the occurrence, correlates, and psychiatric co-morbidities of lifetime and 12-month intermittent explosive disorder (IED) and whether impairment due to IED differed across Latino groups. We used data on 2,554 Latino adults (75.5% response rate) from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). Lifetime and 12-month prevalence of IED among Latinos were 5.8% and 4.1%, respectively. Unemployment was a common risk factor for both lifetime and 12-month IED. Protective factors for both lifetime and 12-month IED were having poor/fair English proficiency and being born outside the U.S. mainland. Cubans, Mexicans and other Latinos had lower odds of both lifetime and 12-month IED relative to Puerto Ricans, while Puerto Ricans with IED did not demonstrate worse impairment compared with the other groups with IED. Lifetime and 12-month IED were associated with several depressive, anxiety, and substance use disorders. Given its significant association with a wide-range of mental disorders, future research should consider the validity of IED as a unique disorder or whether it is merely a constellation of symptoms that accompanies a variety of mental diseases. KeywordsHispanic Americans; impulse control disorders; mental health; comorbidity; epidemiology A small handful of empirical studies of intermittent explosive disorder (IED) exist in the psychiatric literature. According to McElroy (1999), IED is characterized as having aggressive impulses and uncontrollable physical assaults and/or property destruction that occur on several occasions, with nosology similar to disorders, such as antisocial personality disorder, borderline personality disorder, conduct disorder, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, as well as physical health problems, such as Alzheimer's disease. The episodes must be independent of other psychiatric disorders, general medical conditions, or substance use, including medications, and they must be grossly out of proportion to the stressor.Recent clinical and population-based data show that IED is more common in the population than previously thought. For example, Coccaro, Schmidt, Samuels, and Nestadt (2004) examined the lifetime and 1-month prevalence of IED in a community sample from the Hopkins Epidemiology Study of Personality. They demonstrated that 6.3% of the sample NIH-PA Author ManuscriptNIH-PA Author Manuscript NIH-PA Author Manuscript met full lifetime IED criteria, and 2.4% met full 1-month criteria. Similar results were found in an outpatient clinical study of 1,300 participants in Rhode Island (Coccaro, Posternak, & Zimmerman, 2005). Coccaro et al. (2005) reported that 6.3% of outpatients met criteria for lifetime IED, and 3.1% met criteria for current IED. In a study using the National Comorbidity Survey Replication Study, a national probability study, Kessler, Coccaro, Fava, Jaeger, Jin, and Walters (2006) reported similar findings. They found that the lifetime and 12-month prevalence estimates for IED were 7.3% and 3.9%, respectively. Both Coccaro et...

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“…Cross-sectional studies consistently show an association between asthma and depression (1,(8)(9)(10)(11)(12); however, temporality of the association has not been established (13). Mental health problems can impact awareness of and adherence to the treatment of asthma; thus, depression is associated with poor asthma control, which can lead to an increase in asthma exacerbations (14)(15)(16).…”

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Depression and Risk of Incident Asthma in Adults. The CARDIA Study

Brunner

Schreiner

Sood

et al. 2014

Am J Respir Crit Care Med

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Rationale: Asthma is associated with depression, but the temporality of the association has not been established.Objectives: To examine the association between prevalent elevated depressive symptoms and incident asthma, and between prevalent asthma and incident elevated depressive symptoms in a cohort of young and middle-aged adults.Methods: We examined the longitudinal association between asthma and depressive symptoms bidirectionally in the Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA) cohort. First, 3,614 participants, free of asthma, were classified by elevated depressive symptoms at the CARDIA Year-5 exam (n = 856 elevated vs. 2,758 not elevated; ages 23-35 yr) and followed for 20 years to incident asthma. Then, 3,016 participants, free of elevated depressive symptoms, were classified by self-reported current asthma status (n = 188 prevalent vs. 2,828 not prevalent) at the CARDIA Year-5 exam and followed for 20 years until onset of elevated depressive symptoms. Measurements and Main Results:The relative hazard of incident asthma among those with elevated depressive symptoms was 1.26 (95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.02-1.56) after adjustment for covariates. When depressive status was modeled as the total number of reports of elevated depressive symptoms before the onset of asthma, the adjusted hazard ratio was 1.15 (95% CI = 1.02-1.29). The hazard of incident elevated depressive symptoms for those with asthma was no different than the hazard in those without asthma (adjusted hazard ratio = 0.92; 95% CI = 0.70-1.20).Conclusions: This longitudinal observational study points to depression as a marker of risk for incident adult-onset asthma. On the other hand, prevalent asthma is not associated with incident adultonset depression.

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Co-occurrence of mental and physical illness in US Latinos

Cited by 95 publications

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The relationship between child maltreatment and exposure to traumatic events during later adolescence and young adulthood

The relationship between child maltreatment and exposure to traumatic events during later adolescence and young adulthood

Lifetime and 12-month intermittent explosive disorder in Latinos.

Depression and Risk of Incident Asthma in Adults. The CARDIA Study

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