Laura A Vonnahme|Emily W. Lankau|Trong Ao|Sharmila Shetty|Barbara Lopes Cardozo
Factors Associated with Symptoms of Depression Among Bhutanese Refugees in the United States
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention|Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
refugees risk psychiatric morbidity yet little known mental health conditions identified factors associated depression symptoms among bhutanese refugees us randomly selected adult bhutanese refugees n 386 complete crosssectional survey concerning demographics mental health symptoms associated risk factors case definition depression symptoms 175 mean depression score hopkins symptom checklist25 women 26 men 16 reported depression symptoms p 00097 higher odds depression symptoms associated family provider selfreported poor health inability read write nepali 46 397 43 respectively among men selfreported poor health inability read write nepali 76 26 respectively among women ussettled bhutanese refugees risk depression providers aware concerns culturally appropriate mental health services made accessible local level