Psychiatric symptomatology among Mexican American farmworkers

摘要: Abstract The paper presents findings from an epidemiologic field survey of 500 Mexican American farmworkers conducted in central California. was intended as a health needs assessment this population and the Health Opinion Survey used to establish normative psychiatric symptom distributions. Analyses data by gender, age income revealed that these socio-demographic variables were not important predictors levels, although highest mean scores reported 40–59 group. Income levels modest fairly uniform, which contributed lack score variation. Symptom distributions analyzed for sex using HOS criteria caseness it found approx. 20% sample reached caseness. A comparison with national surveys indicated had resemble those other low socio-economic groups, such southern blacks. Another analysis striking correspondence between self perception symptoms. conclusion is Ametican appear be experiencing place them at extraordinary risk. Stresses associated group, i.e. limited social mobility, transience, poverty, discrimination high rate traumatic life events identified possible contributors risk proneness.