2023
Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants
Roy S, Hassan S, Kanaya A, Kandula N, Desai M. Associations of Discrimination, Low Social Support, and Limited English Proficiency with Depression in South Asian Immigrants. Journal Of Immigrant And Minority Health 2023, 25: 990-998. PMID: 36940078, PMCID: PMC11070655, DOI: 10.1007/s10903-023-01467-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsLow social supportSouth AsiansSouth Asian immigrantsRisk of depressionSocial supportMediators of AtherosclerosisLogistic regression modelsOverall prevalenceLimited English proficiencyDepressive symptomsAssociation of discriminationAmerica StudyMental healthCross-sectional dataDepressionAsian immigrantsRegression modelsExperiences of discriminationAsiansAssociationStressorsIndividual factorsAtherosclerosisSymptomsPrevalence
2012
Mental-health conditions, barriers to care, and productivity loss among officers in an urban police department.
Fox J, Desai MM, Britten K, Lucas G, Luneau R, Rosenthal MS. Mental-health conditions, barriers to care, and productivity loss among officers in an urban police department. Connecticut Medicine 2012, 76: 525-31. PMID: 23155671, PMCID: PMC4089972.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2011
Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care
Caplan S, Paris M, Whittemore R, Desai M, Dixon J, Alvidrez J, Escobar J, Scahill L. Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care. Mental Health Religion & Culture 2011, 14: 589-611. DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.497810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychosocial causal beliefsCausal beliefsPrimary care patientsCross-sectional studyCausal attributionsExploratory factor analysisPersonal transgressionsLatino immigrantsCare patientsBeliefs ScalePrimary carePsychosocial factorsHealth knowledgeDepressive symptomsMultivariate analysisSomatic symptomsEthnic identitySpecific interventionsFactor analysisBeliefsReligious explanationsPatientsDepressionSymptomsMalevolent forces