Immigration policies and mental health: examining the relationship between immigration enforcement and depression, anxiety, and stress among Latino immigrants

Becerra, David; Hernandez, Gladys; Porchas, Francisca; Castillo, Jason; Nguyen, Van Huan; González, Raquel Perez

doi:10.1080/15313204.2020.1731641

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“…For example, Garcini et al (2017) suggested that a large portion of Latinxs between 18–25 years met the criteria for major depressive disorder, panic disorder, generalized anxiety disorder, and substance use disorder. Although the immigrant health paradox describes immigrants as having better health than those Latinxs born in the United States (Moreno & Cardemil, 2018b; Ruiz et al, 2016), consistent data shows that immigrant health, primarily with Latinx immigrant young adults, has worsened, perhaps as a result of changing immigration policies since 2015 (Becerra et al, 2020; Siemons et al, 2017). Our findings, however, highlight how the ongoing DACA political debate and constant visibility around efforts to terminate DACA create additional stressors for these already vulnerable communities.…”

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Psychological Impact, Strengths, and Handling the Uncertainty Among Latinx DACA Recipients

Moreno

Fuentes

Garcia-Rodriguez

et al. 2021

The Counseling Psychologist

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Anti-immigration rhetoric has consistently impacted the lives of immigrant young adults who are Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients. This qualitative study sheds light on the lived psychological experiences of 21 Latinx DACA recipients who were impacted by the political debates during the Trump administration. Content analysis revealed four main psychological impacts resulting from the DACA political debates: stress, fear, anxiety, and depressive symptomatology). Through these experiences, individuals who perceived being impacted by these political debates described three main strengths (i.e., luchando adelante, positive outlook, and DACA+ethnic pride) that assisted them. Finally, participants noted three main strategies (i.e., social and family support, religiosity/spirituality, and social advocacy) that also served them during the DACA political debates. These findings provide implications for practices and policies that foster healing from ethno-racial trauma in Latinx immigrant communities.

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Psychological Impact, Strengths, and Handling the Uncertainty Among Latinx DACA Recipients

Moreno

Fuentes

Garcia-Rodriguez

et al. 2021

The Counseling Psychologist

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“…Previous data show that women in low- and middle-income countries have a high prevalence of anxiety compared to those in more affluent countries [ 5 ]. Although anxiety has been assessed in individuals of Mexican descent living in the U.S. and Mexican women [ 6 , 7 , 8 ], the prevalence of PAS in Mexico has not been fully studied. To our knowledge, only one study has explored anxiety symptoms in Mexican women.…”

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Perinatal Anxiety Symptoms: Rates and Risk Factors in Mexican Women

Padilla

Lara-Cinisomo

Navarrete

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Anxiety during pregnancy and after childbirth can have negative consequences for a woman and her baby. Despite growing interest in the perinatal mental health of Mexican women living in the U.S., perinatal anxiety symptom (PAS) rates and risk factors have yet to be established for women in Mexico. We sought to determine PAS rates and identify risk factors, including the traditional female role (TFR) in a sample of Mexican women. This secondary data analysis is based on 234 Mexican women who participated in a longitudinal study on perinatal depression in Mexico. Anxiety symptoms were assessed in pregnancy and at six weeks postpartum. Rates were determined through frequencies, and multiple logistics regressions were conducted to identify risk factors in the sample. The PAS rate was 21% in pregnancy and 18% postpartum. Stressful life events and depressive symptoms were associated with a higher probability of PAS. Adherence to TFR increased the probability of prenatal anxiety; lower educational attainment and low social support during pregnancy increased the probability of postpartum anxiety. The PAS rates were within the range reported in the literature. The TFR was only associated with anxiety in gestation, highlighting the role of this culturally relevant risk factor. Culturally responsive early interventions are therefore required.

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“…Spring 2020 marked the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, which brought significant health, mental health, and socioeconomic strain to communities across the US. At the point of this writing, the pandemic and it's sequalae have been with us for well over a year, compounded by overlapping national stressors with implications for family wellbeing, such as social movements and protests against police violence in response to the killings of unarmed Black Americans, including George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Elijah McCain among others (DeVylder et al, 2020;Hirschtick et al, 2020), immigration stress (Becerra et al, 2020), high levels of political discord which reached record levels leading up to the 2020 US presidential election (Druckman et al, 2020), as well as election stress and the January 6th attack on the US Capitol (American Psychological Association, 2020). These forces have combined with the effects of COVID-19 to bring unprecedented mental health and socioeconomic strains on the nation and it's many communities, with considerable impacts on families with children (Lee & Ward, 2020).…”

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Adult mental health and child maltreatment: An ecological study across rural–urban and economic continua with implications for post‐pandemic human services

Yuma

Orsi

Pena

2021

Journal Community Psychology

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This ecological, county‐level, cross‐sectional study examines relationships between the mental health of adults (IV) and child maltreatment report rates (DV), as they vary by socioeconomic distress and rurality (n = 3015 counties), using the most recent available data from several linked sources. In a two‐way model, maltreatment reports increased 20.1% for each additional half day of poor mental health in metro counties, 11.7% in nonmetro counties, and 13% in rural counties. Our zero‐inflated negative binomial model, moderated by rurality and economic distress, showed a significant relationship between the number of poor mental health days and increased child maltreatment report rates in counties (χ2 = 145.52, p < 0.0001). Investment in prevention and treatment of adult mental health concerns is imperative, especially in light of the increase in mental health problems caused by the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic and increased tension within national political debate. Our results indicate successful support of adult mental health will prevent child maltreatment and reduce the cyclical financial burden of child maltreatment and mental health concerns.

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Immigration policies and mental health: examining the relationship between immigration enforcement and depression, anxiety, and stress among Latino immigrants

Cited by 55 publications

References 25 publications

Psychological Impact, Strengths, and Handling the Uncertainty Among Latinx DACA Recipients

Psychological Impact, Strengths, and Handling the Uncertainty Among Latinx DACA Recipients

Perinatal Anxiety Symptoms: Rates and Risk Factors in Mexican Women

Adult mental health and child maltreatment: An ecological study across rural–urban and economic continua with implications for post‐pandemic human services

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