Brisola Elizabeth Bv, Reis Graziela, Costa Mark, Bellamy Chyrell
School of Behavior and Social Sciences, St. Edward's University, Austin, TX, USA.
Department of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.
Int J Soc Psychiatry. 2023 Sep;69(6):1303-1311. doi: 10.1177/00207640231159800. Epub 2023 Mar 16.
Brazilian immigrants are becoming a more visible minority and, although different from other Latinos (in a linguistic, cultural, historical, and ethnic sense), are usually either counted as Latinos, not included in the Latino samples or simply overlooked in research studies. It is essential to understand the stress and pressures they undergo and appreciate their singular perspective and culturally-infused experiences to meet their needs and improve their mental healthcare and quality of life in the United States.
The aim of this review is to understand and describe the experience of Brazilian immigrants in the U.S., related to mental health, assessing what studies have addressed and what is still needing to be researched.
We carried out an integrative review of peer-reviewed articles published between 2011 and 2022 using PychInfo, PubMed, and Proquest, addressing mental health of Brazilian immigrants in the United States.
A total of 10 articles were included revealing the interest of a variety of fields and uncovering three themes: (1) mental healthcare needs (especially warmth and understanding of culture), (2) common sources of support and stress in the community and work, and (3) Socioeconomic aspects related to their mental health, including discrimination, work-life balance, neighborhood cohesion, and acculturation.
Results may be useful to practitioners, researchers, and policy makers, who should be attentive to client's familiarity with the English language, their sources of support, spirituality, specific Brazilian traits, their feeling of 'being invisible', life in community, and their previous experiences with healthcare in Brazil.
巴西移民正成为一个日益引人注目的少数群体，尽管他们在语言、文化、历史和种族方面与其他拉丁裔有所不同，但通常要么被算作拉丁裔，要么不被纳入拉丁裔样本，要么在研究中被完全忽视。了解他们所承受的压力，欣赏他们独特的视角和充满文化色彩的经历，对于满足他们在美国的需求、改善他们的心理健康和生活质量至关重要。
本综述的目的是了解和描述在美国的巴西移民与心理健康相关的经历，评估已开展的研究以及仍需研究的内容。
我们使用PychInfo、PubMed和Proquest对2011年至2022年发表的同行评议文章进行了综合综述，探讨美国巴西移民的心理健康问题。
共纳入10篇文章，揭示了多个领域的研究兴趣，并发现了三个主题：（1）心理健康护理需求（尤其是对文化的温暖和理解），（2）社区和工作中常见的支持和压力来源，以及（3）与他们心理健康相关的社会经济方面，包括歧视、工作与生活的平衡、社区凝聚力和文化适应。
研究结果可能对从业者、研究人员和政策制定者有用，他们应关注客户对英语的熟悉程度、他们的支持来源、精神信仰、巴西人的特定特征、他们“被忽视”的感觉、社区生活以及他们之前在巴西的医疗经历。
