Golding J M, Karno M, Rutter C M
School of Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles.
Am J Psychiatry. 1990 Jul;147(7):861-6. doi: 10.1176/ajp.147.7.861.
The lifetime prevalence of symptoms of a major depressive episode was estimated in two large samples of randomly selected community residents that included many Mexican-Americans. Approximately 5% to 40% of the subjects reported each symptom cluster. The rates for Mexican-Americans born in the United States resembled those for non-Hispanic whites born in the United States; however, the rates for Mexican-Americans born in Mexico were lower in eight of nine symptoms clusters. Language differences did not account for this pattern. Cultural similarity to non-Hispanic whites born in the United States was associated with a higher rate of depressive symptoms.
在两个随机抽取的社区居民大样本（其中包括许多墨西哥裔美国人）中，对重度抑郁发作症状的终生患病率进行了估计。约5%至40%的受试者报告了每个症状群。在美国出生的墨西哥裔美国人的患病率与在美国出生的非西班牙裔白人相似；然而，在九个症状群中的八个中，出生在墨西哥的墨西哥裔美国人的患病率较低。语言差异并不能解释这种模式。与在美国出生的非西班牙裔白人文化相似性与较高的抑郁症状发生率相关。
