2001
Mental and Physical Health and Acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans
Ortega A, Rosenheck R. Mental and Physical Health and Acculturation among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans. Military Medicine 2001, 166: 894-897. PMID: 11603242, DOI: 10.1093/milmed/166.10.894.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPhysical health risksHispanic Vietnam veteransHispanic veteransPhysical healthVietnam veteransNon-Hispanic whitesHealth risksOutcome measuresSecondary data analysisAcculturation indexEpidemiological studiesHealth outcomesMental healthVeteransMexican AmericansHealthAcculturation scoresRepresentative samplePredictive validityHispanicsPuerto RicansScoresRiskVietnam eraAssociation
2000
Acculturation and the Lifetime Risk of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders among Hispanics
ORTEGA A, ROSENHECK R, ALEGRÍA M, DESAI R. Acculturation and the Lifetime Risk of Psychiatric and Substance Use Disorders among Hispanics. The Journal Of Nervous And Mental Disease 2000, 188: 728-735. PMID: 11093374, DOI: 10.1097/00005053-200011000-00002.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSubstance use disordersNational Comorbidity SurveyUse disordersLifetime riskGreater riskSubstance abuse disordersNon-Hispanic whitesMexican AmericansMultivariate adjustmentRisk factorsAbuse disordersPsychiatric disordersPsychiatric diagnosisIllness increasesSociodemographic characteristicsDSM-IIIU.S. adultsDisordersHispanic subgroupsAmerican SocietyParental nativityNational probability sampleRiskHispanicsProbability samplePosttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans
Ortega A, Rosenheck R. Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Among Hispanic Vietnam Veterans. American Journal Of Psychiatry 2000, 157: 615-619. PMID: 10739422, DOI: 10.1176/appi.ajp.157.4.615.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPosttraumatic stress disorderHispanic Vietnam veteransSevere PTSD symptomsVietnam veteransGreater riskStress disorderPTSD symptomsNon-Hispanic white veteransGreater functional impairmentNational Epidemiologic StudyNational Vietnam Veterans Readjustment StudyFunctional impairmentSecondary data analysisEpidemiologic studiesHigh riskHispanic veteransSevere symptomsMental disordersSymptom reportingWhite veteransSymptomsVeteransDisordersRiskRepresentative sample