Michelle V. Porche|Lisa R. Fortuna|Julia Lin|Margarita Alegr??a
Childhood Trauma and Psychiatric Disorders as Correlates of School Dropout in a National Sample of Young Adults
Wellesley Centers for Women|Wellesley College|University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School|Cambridge Health Alliance|Harvard University|Cambridge Health Alliance|Harvard University
effect childhood trauma psychiatric diagnoses mental health services school dropout among usborn immigrant youth examined using data collaborative psychiatric epidemiology surveys nationally representative probability sample african americans afrocaribbeans asians latinos nonlatino whites including 2532 young adults aged 2129 dropout prevalence rate 16 overall variation childhood trauma childhood psychiatric diagnosis raceethnicity nativity childhood substance conduct disorders mediated relation trauma school dropout likelihood dropout decreased asians increased african americans latinos compared nonlatino whites function psychiatric disorders trauma timing us immigration adolescence increased risk dropout