2011
Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care
Caplan S, Paris M, Whittemore R, Desai M, Dixon J, Alvidrez J, Escobar J, Scahill L. Correlates of religious, supernatural and psychosocial causal beliefs about depression among Latino immigrants in primary care. Mental Health Religion & Culture 2011, 14: 589-611. DOI: 10.1080/13674676.2010.497810.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPsychosocial causal beliefsCausal beliefsPrimary care patientsCross-sectional studyCausal attributionsExploratory factor analysisPersonal transgressionsLatino immigrantsCare patientsBeliefs ScalePrimary carePsychosocial factorsHealth knowledgeDepressive symptomsMultivariate analysisSomatic symptomsEthnic identitySpecific interventionsFactor analysisBeliefsReligious explanationsPatientsDepressionSymptomsMalevolent forces
2010
Subjective versus objective: an exploratory analysis of latino primary care patients with self-perceived depression who do not fulfill primary care evaluation of mental disorders patient health questionnaire criteria for depression.
Caplan S, Alvidrez J, Paris M, Escobar JI, Dixon JK, Desai MM, Whittemore R, Scahill LD. Subjective versus objective: an exploratory analysis of latino primary care patients with self-perceived depression who do not fulfill primary care evaluation of mental disorders patient health questionnaire criteria for depression. The Primary Care Companion For CNS Disorders 2010, 12 PMID: 21274360, PMCID: PMC3025995, DOI: 10.4088/pcc.09m00899blu.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchLatino primary care patientsPrimary care patientsTreatment of depressionCare patientsSelf-perceived mental health problemsPrimary Care EvaluationPrimary care providersPrimary care practicesPresentation of symptomsMental health problemsSelf-perceived depressionPatients' subjective experienceMeaning of illnessCommon complaintCare EvaluationQuestionnaire criteriaCare providersDiagnostic criteriaDepression severityCare practicesHealth problemsMental disordersSomatic symptomsSymptomsSignificant distress