The authors show associations between immigration and alcohol disorders using data from the 1995 and 2000 U.S. National Alcohol Surveys and the 1998 Mexico National Household Survey on Addictions. The prevalence of alcohol ...

Objetivo: Este trabajo presenta las primeras estimaciones poblacionales de la prevalencia de los trastornos de personalidad y sus correlatos en la población mexicana. Método: Se aplicó un tamizaje con base en el International ...

Purpose of review: The aim of the present article is to review recent research on the prevalence and correlates of inhalant use. Recent findings: During the review period more prevalence studies have been conducted in the ...

Purpose: To estimate the prevalence of adversity (neglect and abuse, parental loss, parental psychopathology, economic adversity, and serious physical illness), the interrelatedness of adversities, and their socio-demographic ...

Although disability in persons with anxiety and depression disorders has been measured, the problem with some studies is that they use tools that measure the state of health, when the subjective nature of the measuring ...

Because the epidemiologic data available for adolescents from the developing world is scarce, the objective is to estimate the prevalence and severity of psychiatric disorders among Mexico City adolescents, the socio-demographic ...

Background: We report the prevalence and associations between traumatic events and suicidal ideation, suicide plans and suicide attempts among Mexican adolescents. Methods: The data are from a representative multistage ...

No representative data among adolescents in Mexico exist on the prevalence and risk factors for suicide ideation, plan, and attempt despite a recent increase in suicide deaths. Method: Data are presented from the Mexican ...