Browsing by Author "Breslau, Joshua"

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A cross-national study on Mexico-US migration, substance use and substance use disorders
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND, 2011) Borges, Guilherme; Breslau, Joshua; Orozco, Ricardo; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Anderson, Heather; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina Mora, María-Elena; Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Dept Invest Epidemiol, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico.; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Background: Epidemiologic research has consistently found lower prevalence of alcohol and drug use disorders among Hispanic immigrants to the US than among US-born Hispanics. Recent research has begun to examine how this change occurs in the process of assimilation in the US. We aimed to study immigration. US nativity, and return migration as risk factors for alcohol and drug use among people of Mexican origin in both the US and Mexico. Methods: Data come from nationally representative surveys in the United States (2001-2003; n = 1208) and Mexico (2001-2002; n = 5782). We used discrete time event history models to account for time-varying and time-invariant characteristics. Results: We found no evidence that current Mexican immigrants in the US have higher risk for alcohol or alcohol use disorders than Mexicans living in Mexico, but current immigrants were at higher risk for drug use and drug use disorders. Current Mexican immigrants were at lower risk for drug use and drug disorders than US-born Mexican-Americans. US nativity, regardless of parent nativity, is the main factor associated with increasing use of alcohol and drugs. Among families of migrants and among return migrants we found increased risk for alcohol use, drug use and alcohol and drug use disorders. Evidence of selective migration and return of immigrants with disorders was found regarding alcohol use disorders only. Conclusions: Research efforts that combine populations from sending and receiving countries are needed. This effort will require much more complex research designs that will call for true international collaboration. (C) 2011 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
A Cross-National Study on Mexico-US Migration, Substance Use and Substance Use Disorders
(2011) Borges, Guilherme; Breslau, Joshua; Orozco, Ricardo; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Anderson, Heather; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina Mora, Maria-Elena; National Institute of Psychiatry, Calzada México Xochimilco No 101- Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, México D.F., C.P. 14370, Mexico City, Mexico; guibor@imp.edu.mx
A Transnational Study of Migration and Smoking Behavior in the Mexican-Origin Population
(2012) Tong, Elisa; Saito, Naomi; Tancredi, Daniel J; Borges, Guilherme; Kravitz, Richard L.; Hinton, Ladson; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Breslau, Joshua
A Transnational Study of Migration and Smoking Behavior in the Mexican-Origin Population
(Amer Public Health Assoc INC, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710 USA, 2012) Tong, Elisa; Saito, Naomi; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Borges, Guilherme; Kravitz, Richard L.; Hinton, Ladson; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Breslau, Joshua; RAND Corp, 4570 5th Ave,Suite 600, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 USA; jbreslau@rand.org
An observational study of the impact of service use on suicidality among adults with mental disorders
(2014) Borges, Guilherme; Orozco, Ricardo; Breslau, Joshua; Miller, Matthew; National Institute of Psychiatry, Calzada México Xochimilco 101, Mexico City, Mexico; ma.miller@neu.edu
An observational study on the impact of service use for mental disorders on suicidality
(Oxford Univ Press INC, Journals Dept, 2001 Evans RD, Cary, NC 27513 USA , 2013) Borges, Guilherme; Orozco, Ricardo; Miller, Mathew; Breslau, Joshua; National Institute of Psychiatry Ramon de la Fuente Muniz, Mexico City, DF, Mexico; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Change in Binge Eating and Binge Eating Disorder Associated with Migration from Mexico to the US
(2012) Swanson, Sonja A.; Saito, Naomi; Borges, Guilherme; Benjet, Corina; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Breslau, Joshua; Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Epidemiology, Boston, MA, USA; sswanson@hsph.harvard.edu
Editorial: Immigration and mental health in modern societies
(Frontiers Research Foundation, 2020) Breslau, Joshua; Borges, Guilherme; RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, CA, United States; jbreslau@rand.org (Joshua Breslau)
Health selection among migrants from Mexico to the U.S.: childhood predictors of adult physical and mental health
(Rockville, Md. : Public Health Service, 2011) Breslau, Joshua; Borges, Guilherme; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Saito, Naomi; Anderson, Heather; Kravitz, Richard; Hinton, Ladson; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina Mora, Maria-Elena; University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA; joshua.breslau@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Health Selection Among Migrants from Mexico to the US: Childhood Predictors of Adult Physical and Mental Health
(ASSOC SCHOOLS PUBLIC HEALTH, 1101 15TH ST NW, STE 910, WASHINGTON, DC 20005 USA, 2011) Breslau, Joshua; Borges, Guilherme; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Saito, Naomi; Anderson, Heather; Kravitz, Richard; Hinton, Ladson; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina Mora, María-Elena; Univ Calif Davis, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA; joshua.breslau@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Objectives. We tested whether positive selection on childhood predictors of adult mental and physical health contributed to health advantages of Mexican-born immigrants to the United States relative to U.S.-born Mexican Americans. Methods. We combined data from surveys conducted during 2000-2003 in Mexico and the U.S. with the same structured interview. We examined retrospective reports of childhood (i.e., < 16 years of age) predictors of adult health education, height, childhood physical illness, childhood mental health, early substance use, and childhood adversities as predictors of migration from Mexico to the U.S. at >= 16 years of age. We estimated overall selection by comparing migrants to all non-migrants. We also examined selection at the family (members of families of migrants vs. members of families without a migrant) and individual (migrants vs. non-migrants within families of migrants) levels. Results. Distinguishing between family and individual selection revealed evidence of positive health selection that is obscured in the overall selection model. In particular, respondents in families with migrants were more likely to have >= 12 years of education (odds ratio [OR] = 1.60) and be in the tallest height quartile (OR=1.72) than respondents in families without migrants. At both the family and individual levels, migrants are disadvantaged on mental health profiles, including a higher prevalence of conduct problems, phobic fears, and early substance use. Conclusions. Positive health selection may contribute to physical health advantages among Mexican immigrants in the U.S. relative to their U.S.-born descendants. Mental health advantages likely reflect a lower prevalence of psychiatric disorders in Mexico, rather than protective factors that distinguish migrants.
Immigration and Suicidal Behavior Among Mexicans and Mexican Americans
(Amer Public Health Assoc INC, 800 I Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001-3710 USA, 2009) Borges, Guilherme; Breslau, Joshua; Su, Maxwell; Miller, Matthew; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Objectives. We examined migration to the United States as a risk factor for suicidal behavior among people of Mexican origin. Methods. We pooled data from 2 nationally representative surveys in the United States (2001-2003; n=1284) and Mexico (2001-2002; n=5782). We used discrete time survival models to account for time-varying and time-invariant characteristics, including psychiatric disorders. Results. Risk for suicidal ideation was higher among Mexicans with a family member in the United States (odds ratio [OR]=1.50; 95% confidence interval [CI]=1.06,2.11), Mexican-born immigrants who arrived in the United States at 12 years or younger (OR=1.84; 95% CI=1.09, 3.09), and US-born Mexican Americans (OR=1.56; 95% CI=1.03, 2.38) than among Mexicans with neither a history of migration to the United States nor a family member currently living there. Risk for suicide attempts was also higher among Mexicans with a family member in the United States (OR= 1.68; 95% CI=1.13, 2.52) and US-born Mexican Americans (OR=1.97; 95% CI=1.06, 3.65). Selection bias caused by differential migration or differential return migration of persons at higher risk of suicidal ideation or attempt did not account for these findings. Conclusions. Public health efforts should focus on the impact of Mexico-US migration on family members of migrants and on US-born Mexican Americans. (Am J Public Health. 2009;99:728-733. doi:10.2105/AJPH.2008.135160)
Influence of mental disorders on school dropout in Mexico
(PAN AMER HEALTH ORGANIZATION, 525 23RD ST NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20037 USA, 2011) Borges, Guilherme; Medina Mora-Icaza, María Elena; Benjet, Corina; Lee, Sing; Lane, Michael; Breslau, Joshua; Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Dept Invest Epidemiol, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico.; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Objective. To study the impact of mental disorders on failure in educational attainment in Mexico. Methods. Diagnoses and age of onset for each of 16 DSM-IV disorders were assessed through retrospective self-reports with the Composite International Diagnostic Instrument (CIDI) during fieldwork in 2001-2002. Survival analysis was used to examine associations between early onset DSM-IV/CIDI disorders and subsequent school dropout or failure to reach educational milestones. Results. More than one of two Mexicans did not complete secondary education. More than one-third of those who finished secondary education did not enter college, and one of four students who entered college did not graduate. Impulse control disorders and substance use disorders were associated with higher risk for school dropout, secondary school dropout and to a lesser degree failure to enter college. Anxiety disorders were associated with lower risk for school dropout, especially secondary school dropout and, to a lesser degree, primary school dropout. Conclusions. The heterogeneity of results found in Mexico may be due to the effect of mental disorders being diminished or masked by the much greater effect of economic hardship and low cultural expectations for educational achievement. Future research should inquire deeper into possible reasons for the better performance of students with anxiety disorders in developing countries.
Mental disorders among English-speaking Mexican immigrants to the US compared to a national sample of Mexicans
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND, 2007) Breslau, Joshua; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Borges, Guilherme; Castilla-Puentes, Ruby Cecilia; Kendler, Kenneth S.; Medina-Mora, María-Elena; Su, Maxwell; Kessler, Ronald C.; Univ Calif Davis, Sch Med, Ctr Reducing Disparit CRISP, Dept Internal Med, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA; jabreslau@ucdavis.edu
Our understanding of the relationship between immigration and mental health can be advanced by comparing immigrants pre- and post-immigration with residents of the immigrants' home countries. DSM-IV anxiety and mood disorders were assessed using identical methods in representative samples of English-speaking Mexican immigrants to the US, a subsample of the US National Comorbidity Survey Replication (NCSR), and Mexicans, the Mexican National Comorbidity Survey (MNCS). Retrospective reports of age of onset of disorders and, in the immigrant sample, age of immigration were analyzed to study the associations of pre-existing mental disorders with immigration and of immigration with the subsequent onset and persistence of mental disorders. Pre-existing anxiety disorders predicted immigration (OR=3.0; 95% CI 1.2-7.4). Immigration predicted subsequent onset of anxiety (OR=1.9; 95% CI 0.9-3.9) and mood (OR=2.3; 95% CI 1.3-4.0) disorders and persistence of anxiety (OR=3.7 95% CI 1.2-11.2) disorders. The results are inconsistent with the "healthy immigrant" hypothesis (that mentally healthy people immigrate) and partly consistent with the "acculturation stress" hypothesis (i.e., that stresses of living in a foreign culture promote mental disorder). Replication and extension of these results in a larger bi-national sample using a single field staff are needed. (C) 2006 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
Mexican immigration to the U.S., the occurrence of violence and the impact of mental disorders
(Assoc Brasileira Psoqioatria, Subscription Department, Rua Pedro de Toledo, 967 - Casa 01, Sao Paulo, SP 04039-032 A, Brazil, 2013) Borges, Guilherme; Rafful, Claudia; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Saito, Naomi; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina-Mora, Maria-Elena; Breslau, Joshua; Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría, Dirección de Investigaciones Epidemiológicas y Psicosociales, Dept Modelos Intervenc, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico.; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Mexican immigration to the US and alcohol and drug use opportunities: does it make a difference in alcohol and/or drug use?
(Limerick : Elsevier, 2012) Borges, Guilherme; Rafful, Claudia; Benjet, Corina; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Saito, Naomi; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Breslau, Joshua; National Institute of Psychiatry, Calzada México Xochimilco No 101- Col. San Lorenzo Huipulco, México D.F., C.P. 14370, Mexico City, Mexico; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Mexican immigration to the US and alcohol and drug use opportunities: Does it make a differente in alcohol and/or drug use?
(ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD, ELSEVIER HOUSE, BROOKVALE PLAZA, EAST PARK SHANNON, CO, CLARE, 00000, IRELAND, 2012) Borges, Guilherme; Rafful, Claudia; Benjet, Corina; Tancredi, Daniel J.; Saito, Naomi; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Breslau, Joshua; Inst Nacl Psiquiatria, Dept Invest Epidemiol, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Calzada Mexico Xochimilco 101, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico.; guibor@imp.edu.mx
Migration from Mexico to the United States and Subsequent Risk for Depressive and Anxiety Disorders A Cross-National Study
(AMER MEDICAL ASSOC, 515 N STATE ST, CHICAGO, IL 60654-0946 USA, 2011) Breslau, Joshua; Borges, Guilherme; Tancredi, Daniel; Saito, Naomi; Kravitz, Richard; Hinton, Ladson; Vega, William; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Univ Calif Davis, Sch Med, Dept Internal Med, 2000 Stockton Blvd,Ste 210, Sacramento, CA 95817 USA.; joshua.breslau@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Migration from Mexico to the United States and subsequent risk for depressive and anxiety disorders: a cross-national study
(Chicago, American Medical Assn., 2011) Breslau, Joshua; Borges, Guilherme; Tancredi, Daniel; Saito, Naomi; Kravitz, Richard; Hinton, Ladson; Vega, William; Medina-Mora, Maria Elena; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; University of California, Davis, School of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Sacramento, CA; joshua.breslau@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu
Symptoms of anxiety on both sides of the USeMexico border: The role of immigration
(Pergamon Press, 2015) Borges, Guilherme; Zamora, Beatriz; García, José; Orozco, Ricardo; Cherpitel, Cheryl J.; Zemore, Sarah E.; Breslau, Joshua; Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatria, Mexico City, Mexico; guibor@imp.edu.mx, guilhermelgborges@gmail.com (G. Borges)
The effect of migration to the united states on substance use disorders among returned Mexican migrants and families of migrants
(AMER PUBLIC HEALTH ASSOC INC, 800 I STREET, NW, WASHINGTON, DC 20001-3710 USA, 2007) Borges, Guilherme; Medina-Mora, María Elena; Breslau, Joshua; Aguilar-Gaxiola, Sergio; Inst Nacl Psiquiatria Ramon de la Fuente, Direcc Invest Epidemiol & Psicosociales, Mexico City 14370, DF, Mexico; guibor@imp.edu.mx