Healthy Immigrants? Exploring Depressive Symptoms Among Caribbean and Mexican Immigrants

Mental Health and its Influencing Factors Among Immigrants with Chronic Diseases in China

“…A survey among American immigrant mothers showed that the majority of mothers (74.6%) had experienced a traumatic life event, with 43.3% experiencing trauma symptoms indicative of PTSD [ 38 ]. A study among immigrant groups from different countries suggested that compared to Mexican immigrants, Cuban and Dominican immigrants reported higher odds of depressive symptoms and Haitian and Jamaican immigrants reported lower odds of depressive symptoms; female immigrants had higher odds of reporting depressive symptoms than their male counterparts; and relative to immigrants with good childhood health, those with unfavorable childhood health had higher odds of reporting worse health outcomes [ 39 ]. In the present study, immigrants experienced different mental health problems, such as depression, anxiety and even PTSD.…”

“…This result was consistent with the findings of many other studies. The study of Abdul-Malak found that female immigrants had higher odds of reporting depressive symptoms than males [ 39 ]. A qualitative study conducted among married immigrant women in Korea identified that immigrant women had a high rate of mental health problems [ 40 ].…”