In Press Documents

Alegria, M, Chatterji, P, Wells, K, Cao, Z, Chen, C, Takeuchi, D, Jackson, J & Meng, X-L. (In Press).  Disparity in Access to and Quality of Depression Treatment among Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the U.S.  Psychiatric Services.

Alegria, M, Mulvaney-Day, N, Woo, M & Viruell-Fuentes, E. (In Press).  Psychology of Latino Adults: Challenges and an Agenda for Action.  In E. Chang & C. Downey (Eds.), Mental Health Across Racial Groups: Lifespan Perspectives.

Canino G, Vega W, Sribney W, Warner L, Alegría M.(In Press). Social Relationships, Social Assimilation, and Substance use Disorder among Adult Latinos in the U.S.  Journal of Drug Issues.

Canino, G., & Alegría, M. (In Press). Understanding Psychopathology Among the Adult and Child Latino Population: An Epidemiologic Perspective. In J. Grau, M. Azmitia, N. Cabrera, G. Carlo, J. Chahin & F. A. Villarruel (Eds.), Handbook of Latino Psychology: Community and Developmental Perspectives. Thousand Oaks, CA: SAGE.

Fortuna, L, Porche, M & Alegria, M. (In Press) Political violence, psychosocial trauma, and the context of mental health services use among immigrant Latinos in the United States. Ethnicity and Health.

Leu, J.,Yen, I, Gansky, S., Walton, E., Adler, N. and Takeuchi, D.  (In Press).  The association between subjective social status and mental health among Asian immigrants: Investigating the influence of age at immigration. Social Science and Medicine.

Lewis-Fernandez, R, Horvitz-Lenon, M, Blanco, C, Guarnaccia, P, Cao, Z & Alegria, M. (In Press). Significance of Endorsement of Psychotic Symptoms by U.S. Latinos. Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease.

Nicado, E., Hong, S. and Takeuchi, D.  (In Press).  Prevalence and Correlates of Eating Disorders among Asian Americans: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study.  International Journal of Eating Disorders (Supplemental Issue)

Polo, A., & Alegría, M. (In Press). Psychiatric Disorders and Mental Health Service Use Profile of Latino Men in the United States. In Social and Structural Factors Affecting the Health of Latino Males. Rutgers University Press.

Rivera, F. Guarnaccia, P, Mulvaney-Day, N., Lin, J, Torres, M & Alegria, M. (In Press).  Family Cohesion and its Relationship to Psychological Distress among Latino Groups.  Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences.

Shrout, P, Alegria, M, Canino, G, Guarnaccia, P, Vega, W, Duan, N & Cao, Z. (In Press).  Testing Equivalence of Language Effects in Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys with Survey Experiments: Results from the NLAAS.  American Journal of Epidemiology.

2008

Alegria, M, Canino, G, Shrout, P, Woo, M, Duan, N, Vila, D., Torres, M., Chen, C. & Meng, X-L. Prevalence of Mental Illness in Immigrant and Non-Immigrant U.S. Latino Groups. American Journal of Psychiatry.

Bates L, Acevedo-Garcia D, Alegría M, & Krieger N. (2008). Immigration and generational trends in body mass index and obesity in the U.S.: results from the National Latino and Asian American Study. American Journal of Public Health, 98(1): 70-77. 

Duan, N, Meng, X-L, Lin, JY, Chen, C & Alegria, M. (2008). Disparities in defining disparities: Statistical conceptual frameworks. Statistics in Medicine.

Ortega, A, Canino G & Alegria, M. (2008). Lifetime and 12-Month Intermittent Explosive Disorder in Latinos. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry.

Perez D, Fortuna L, Alegría M. (2008). Prevalence and Correlates of Everyday Discrimination among U.S. Latinos. Journal of Community Psychology, 36(4), 421-433.

2007

Abe-Kim J, Takeuchi D, Hong S, Zane N, Sue S, Spencer M, et al. (2007). Use of Mental Health Related Services Among Immigrants and US Born Asian Americans: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study. American Journal of Public Health.97(1):91-8.

Alegría M, Mulvaney-Day N, Woo M, Torres M, Gao S, & Oddo V. (2007).Correlates of Twelve-Month Mental Health Service Use among Latinos: Results from the National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). American Journal of Public Health 97(1): 76-83.

Alegría M, Mulvaney-Day N, Torres M, Polo A, Cao Z, & Canino G.(2007).Prevalence of Psychiatric Disorders Across Latino Subgroups in the United States.American Journal of Public Health 97(1): 68-75.

Alegría M, et al. (2007). Looking Beyond Nativity: The Relation of Age of Immigration, Length of Residence, and Birth Cohorts to the Risk of Onset of Psychiatric Disorders for Latinos. Research on Human Development, 4(1&2): 19-47.

Alegría M, Shrout P, Woo M, Guarnaccia P, Sribney W, Vila D, et al. (2007). Understanding Differences in Past-Year Psychiatric Disorders for Latinos living in the U.S. Social Science and Medicine 65(2): 214-230.

Alegría M, Woo M, Cao Z, Torres M, Meng X-L, & Striegel-Moore R. (2007). Prevalence and Correlates of Eating Disorders in Latinos in the U.S. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40: 515-521.

Chatterji P, Alegria M, Lu M, Takeuchi D. (2007). Psychiatric Disorders and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from the National Latino and Asian American Study. Health Economics, 16: 1069-1090.

Cochran S, Mays V, Alegria M., Ortega A, & Takeuchi D. (2007). Mental health and substance use disorders among Latino and Asian American lesbian, gay, and bisexual adults. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology, 75(5): 785-794.

Duan N, Alegría M, Canino G, McGuire T, Takeuchi D.(2007). Survey Conditioning in Self-Reported Mental Health Service Use: Randomized Comparison of Alternative Instrument Formats. Health Services Research 42(2): 890-907.

Erosheva E, Walton E, & Takeuchi D.(2007). Self-rated health among foreign- and U.S.-born Asian Americans: a test of comparability. Medical Care.45(1):80-7.

Fortuna L, Perez D, Canino G, Sribney W, Alegría M. (2007). Prevalence and Correlates of Lifetime Suicidal Ideation and Attempts among Latino Subgroups in the United States. Journal of Clinical Psychiatry . 68(4):572-581.

Guarnaccia, P, Pincay, I, Alegria, M, Shrout, P, Lewis-Fernandez, R, Canino, G. (2007). Assessing Diversity Among Latinos: Results from the NLAAS. Hispanic Journal of Behavioral Sciences, 29(4): 510-534.

Hodgkin D, Volpe-Vartanian J, & Alegría M. (2007). Discontinuation of Antidepressant Medication Among Latinos in the U.S. Journal of Behavioral Health Services and Research, 34(3): 329-342.

Mulvaney-Day N, Alegría M, & Sribney W. (2007). Social cohesion, social support, and health among Latinos in the United States. Social Science & Medicine.64(2): 477-495.

Pippins-Rodriguez J, Alegría M, & Haas J. (2007). Exploring the relationship between English language proficiency and quality of primary care in a national sample of Latinos. Medical Care, 45(11): 1020-1025.

Takeuchi D, Zane N, Hong S, Chae D, Gong F, Gee G, et al.(2007). Immigration-related factors and mental disorders among Asian Americans. American Journal of Public Health. 97(1):84-90.

Takeuchi D, Alegría M, Jackson J, Williams D.(2007). Immigration and mental health: diverse findings in Asian, Black, and Latino populations.American Journal of Public Health. 97(1):11-2.

2006

Alegría M, Cao Z, McGuire T, Ojeda V, Sribney B, Woo M, Takeuchi D.(2006). Health Insurance Coverage for Vulnerable Populations: Contrasting Asian Americans and Latinos in the U.S. Inquiry. 43(Fall): 231-254.

Ortega A, Feldman J,Canino G,Steinman K, Alegria M. (2006). Co-occurrence of mental and physical illness in US Latinos. Social Psychiatry & Psychiatric Epidemiology . 41:927–934.

2005

Meng X-L, Alegría M, Chen C-N, Liu, J. (2005). A nonlinear hierarchical model for estimating prevalence rates with small samples. ASA Proceedings of the Joint Statistical Meetings, Alexandria, VA, American Statistical Association.

2004

Alegría M, Takeuchi D, Canino G, Duan N, Shrout P, Meng X-L, et al. (2004). Considering Context, Place, and Culture: the National Latino and Asian American Study. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 13(4): 208-220.

Alegría M, Vila D, Woo M, Canino G, Takeuchi D, Vera M, et al.(2004).). Cultural Relevance and Equivalence in the NLAAS Instrument: Integrating Etic and Emic in the Fevelopment of Cross-Cultural Measures for a Psychiatric Epidemiology and Services Study of Latinos. International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research 13(4): 270-288.