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Mexican Americans and Depression Annotated Bibliography
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Mexican Americans and Depression Annotated Bibliography
Downer, B., Vickers, B. N., Al Snih, S., Raji, M., & Markides, K. S. (2016). Effects of comorbid
depression and diabetes mellitus on cognitive decline in older Mexican
Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(1), 109-117.
Depression affects the moods of a person. People mostly stay gloomy and always to be in deep
thoughts about something. Depression affects every individual. Especially if one was a jovial
person, they lose all the happiness they had, and you cannot tell what happened to them. When
care is not taken, depression can lead to suicide and even drug abuse. The people who are
affected by depression fail to accept that particular event occurred to them. They cannot see
themselves been something else after the even all they do is wish that things had turned out
differently.
Johnson, L. A., Zhang, F., Large, S., Hall, J., & O’Bryant, S. E. (2020). The impact of comorbid
depression–diabetes on proteomic outcomes among community-dwelling Mexican
Americans with mild cognitive impairment. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(1), 17-23.
The only difference is that it varies from one person to another. This difference is brought about
by the education level of a person and also the ability one has to endure some things. Though the
income of a person also contributes a lot to how stress affects a person. It has been found that
people who have a good salary or a good education background are less affected by stress.
Hill, T. D., Uchino, B. N., Eckhardt, J. L., & Angel, J. L. (2016). Perceived social support
trajectories and the all-cause mortality risk of older Mexican American women and
men. Research on Aging, 38(3), 374-398.
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In Mexican, it is not different. Most people who are most affected are the ones who are less
educated and have low incomes. This is because they cannot understand how to manage
depression when it catches up with them. Depression comes in many forms, like losing jobs and
even our loved ones. When not well managed these things way people down and then we
become depressed.
Shavitt, S., Cho, Y. I., Johnson, T. P., Jiang, D., Holbrook, A., & Stavrakantonaki, M. (2016).
Culture moderates the relation between perceived stress, social support, and mental and
physical health. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(7), 956-980.
In Mexican Culture is very important when dealing with depression. This is because people here
interact a lot. When there are interactions, people tend to grow close, and when one is disturbed,
people can quickly notice and come to the rescuer. Most people get affected by depression
adversely because they lack people to listen to them. When people have people that can help
them out of depression can be very good, and this is achieved in the Mexican culture.
Calzada, E. J., & Sales, A. (2019). Depression among Mexican-origin mothers: Exploring the
immigrant paradox. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25(2), 288.
Culture determines how people relate with each other and even how they perceive things.
Mexican have a good lifestyle, and this has taught people that troubles are there, and they should
always be ready for them. Also, the culture teaches people that they can never have everything
they wish for in this life, but it can be beautifully content with whatever they have.
Gonzalez, N. I. (2019). Psychological Effects of Physical and Verbal Bullying on Mexican
Americans (Doctoral dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology).
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Counseling is essential when it comes to dealing with depression. Counseling mainly consists of
advising a person affected by depression. Not everyone can do this, and they need someone
qualified to deal with them. It should be someone trustable, and the person is comfortable with it.
In Mexican, they are counselors there who counsel people and give them the best advice about
how to handle life challenges.
Li, C. Y., Al Snih, S., Chou, L. N., Karmarkar, A., Kuo, Y. F., Markides, K. S., & Ottenbacher,
K. J. (2020). Frailty transitions predict healthcare use and Medicare payments in older
Mexican Americans: a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Geriatrics, 20, 1-11.
But then in Mexican, not everyone can afford to have a counselor because one needs cash to
have access to one. This brings a lot of conflicts, and thus some people are left to trust their
friends or even relatives, and these people help you come out of your depression. It can be tough
to open up to a relative, but it is just a matter of getting someone they can trust and trusting them
to give the best advice. In life, some of the best counseling ones can get from the experiences of
others.
Hill, T. D., Ellison, C., & Hale, L. (2020). Religious attendance, depressive symptoms, and sleep
disturbance in older Mexican Americans. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 1-14.
The church can also be the help of help, especially the leaders of the church. This is because they
have interacted with lots of people who have faced the same issues as the one might be going
through. In Mexican, there are churches everywhere, making it easy for anyone in need to
approach a pastor or even a church member who you feel can help.
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Moreno, O., & Cardemil, E. (2018). The role of religious attendance on mental health among
Mexican populations: A contribution toward the discussion of the immigrant health
paradox. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(1), 10.
Reading the Bible is very important, as well. The Bible gives a lot of hope and even examples of
people who were faced with hard times, and they managed just by trusting in God. In Mexican
Christians are told to read the Bible for them to have greater faith and even accept whatever
happens in their lives at some point changes. Pastors go the extra mile of giving them the right
passages to read so that they can relate to whatever is happening in their lives.
Monserud, M. A., & Markides, K. S. (2017). Changes in depressive symptoms during
widowhood among older Mexican Americans: financial strain, social support, and church
attendance. Aging & mental health, 21(6), 586-594.
Depression is a thing that can cause a lot of damage to someone's life and even make them do
things that are unreasonable in an attempt to escape the realities of life and the challenges that
they are facing. People in Mexican are advised to find something that they enjoy doing, and that
can distract them from avoiding depression.
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References
Calzada, E. J., & Sales, A. (2019). Depression among Mexican-origin mothers: Exploring the
immigrant paradox. Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, 25(2), 288.
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Downer, B., Vickers, B. N., Al Snih, S., Raji, M., & Markides, K. S. (2016). Effects of comorbid
depression and diabetes mellitus on cognitive decline in older Mexican
Americans. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 64(1), 109-117.
Gonzalez, N. I. (2019). Psychological Effects of Physical and Verbal Bullying on Mexican
Americans (Doctoral dissertation, The Chicago School of Professional Psychology).
Hill, T. D., Uchino, B. N., Eckhardt, J. L., & Angel, J. L. (2016). Perceived social support
trajectories and the all-cause mortality risk of older Mexican American women and
men. Research on Aging, 38(3), 374-398.
Hill, T. D., Uchino, B. N., Eckhardt, J. L., & Angel, J. L. (2016). Perceived social support
trajectories and the all-cause mortality risk of older Mexican American women and
men. Research on Aging, 38(3), 374-398.
Johnson, L. A., Zhang, F., Large, S., Hall, J., & O’Bryant, S. E. (2020). The impact of comorbid
depression–diabetes on proteomic outcomes among community-dwelling Mexican
Americans with mild cognitive impairment. International Psychogeriatrics, 32(1), 17-23.
Li, C. Y., Al Snih, S., Chou, L. N., Karmarkar, A., Kuo, Y. F., Markides, K. S., & Ottenbacher,
K. J. (2020). Frailty transitions predict healthcare use and Medicare payments in older
Mexican Americans: a longitudinal cohort study. BMC Geriatrics, 20, 1-11.
Monserud, M. A., & Markides, K. S. (2017). Changes in depressive symptoms during
widowhood among older Mexican Americans: the role of financial strain, social support,
and church attendance. Aging & mental health, 21(6), 586-594.
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DEPRESSION 8
Moreno, O., & Cardemil, E. (2018). The role of religious attendance on mental health among
Mexican populations: A contribution toward the discussion of the immigrant health
paradox. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 88(1), 10.
Perrotte, J. K., Baumann, M. R., Garza, R. T., & Hale, W. J. (2020). The combined relations of
gender, enculturation, and depressive symptoms with health risk behaviors in Mexican-
Americans: a moderated mediation analysis. Ethnicity & Health, 25(1), 47-64.
Shavitt, S., Cho, Y. I., Johnson, T. P., Jiang, D., Holbrook, A., & Stavrakantonaki, M. (2016).
Culture moderates the relation between perceived stress, social support, and mental and
physical health. Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 47(7), 956-980.
