3053.0 Bruno Lima Symposium on Mental Health Issues among Minority Populations

Monday, October 27, 2008: 8:30 AM
Oral
Leading researchers in the field of mental health among multicultural populations will present their work and discuss future research directions.
Session Objectives: Learners will be able to describe innovative methodologies for analyzing teen suicide among Latinas, variation in prevalence rates for serious mental illness among different Hispanic subpopulations, and the ways that culturally responsive efforts to increase Latino communities understanding of depression are successful. Learners will be able to articulate the relationship between migration and mental health.
Moderator:
Norah Mulvaney-Day, PhD

8:30 AM
Phenomenology of Latina adolescents' suicide attempts
Leopoldo J. Cabassa, Ph D and Luis H. Zayas, Ph D
  
8:50 AM
Variation in serious mental illness among Hispanic national origin groups: Evidence from the National Health Interview Survey
Steven D. Barger, PhD and Linda C. Gallo, PhD
  
9:10 AM
Costs of Mobility: Examining the Effects of Racial Discrimination and John Henryism on Depression among African Americans in a Nationally Representative Sample
Darrell L. Hudson, MPH, PhD
  
9:25 AM
Mediating Effect of Physical Health and Social Networks on the Mental Health Consequences of International Migration for Vietnamese Americans
Hongyun Fu, M A, Mark J. VanLandingham, Ph D, Janet C. Rice, PhD and Carl Bankston, PhD
  
9:40 AM
Latinos and Depression: Findings from a Community-Based Mental Health Promotion Effort
Melissa Cristal Mercado-Crespo, MSc, MA, Liany Elba Arroyo, MPH, CPH, Britt Rios-Ellis, PhD, MS, Laura Hoyt D'Anna, DrPH, Carlos Londoņo, MD, Lupe Núņez, Jorge Salazar, Vanessa D'Oliveira, MSW and Claudia Millar, MPH
  

See individual abstracts for presenting author's disclosure statement and author's information.

Organized by: Mental Health
Endorsed by: Latino Caucus

CE Credits: CME, Health Education (CHES), Nursing

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