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Race, Nativity, Ethnicity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health

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This chapter examines how interconnections among race, nativity, ethnicity, and cultural influences are critical for understanding mental health status in the United States. We argue that many sociologists of mental health neglect sociocultural variation—differences in lived experiences that are linked to race, nativity, ethnicity, and cultural influences—when assessing mental health status, when examining considering social statuses as sources of stress, and when selecting predictors to explain variation in mental health status. We challenge sociologists of mental health to investigate sociocultural variation with care and, in doing so, to expose the limits of current knowledge and reveal further the significance of race, ethnicity, nativity, and cultural influences. In terms of future research, we provide prescriptions connected to intersectionality, cultural competencies, control groups, and culture-bound syndromes. As diversity within the United States increases, continued neglect of sociocultural variation’s relation to mental health status becomes irresponsible.

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    This was especially true for early studies that had small samples of non-white groups, at times as low as 1% (e.g., the Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study [ECA]; Robins, Helzer, Croughan, & Ratcliff, 1981). In addition, high non-response rates among certain segments of ethnic groups (e.g., African American men) likely led to biased estimates.

Abbreviations

CPES:

Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys

DIS:

Diagnostic Interview Schedule

DSM:

Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders

ECA:

Epidemiologic Catchment Area Study

NCS-R:

National Comorbidity Study Replication

NESARC:

National Epidemiologic Survey on Alcohol and Related Conditions

NIH:

National Institutes of Health

NLAAS:

National Latino and Asian American Survey

NSAL:

National Survey of American Life

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Brown, T.N., Donato, K.M., Laske, M.T., Duncan, E.M. (2013). Race, Nativity, Ethnicity, and Cultural Influences in the Sociology of Mental Health. In: Aneshensel, C.S., Phelan, J.C., Bierman, A. (eds) Handbook of the Sociology of Mental Health. Handbooks of Sociology and Social Research. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-4276-5_13

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