María Piñeros-Leaño|Janet M. Liechty|Lissette M Piedra
Latino immigrants, depressive symptoms, and cognitive behavioral therapy: A systematic review
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign|University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
order address needs growing latino immigrant population study aimed systematically review peerreviewed articles intervention studies used cognitive behavioral therapy treat depressive symptoms among latino immigrants uswe searched psycinfo pubmed medline databases january 1995 july 2016 part registered review protocol prospero following prisma guidelines inclusion criteria intervention studies used cognitive behavioral techniques treat depressive symptoms among predominantly us latino immigrant sample subsample disaggregated results use standardized measures depression used national heart lung blood institute quality assessment tools systematic reviews assess risk biaswe identified 11 studies met inclusion criteria nine included studies reported reduction depressive symptoms study used least one cultural adaptation deliver intervention using existing content model cultural adaptations categorized cognitiveinformational adaptations b affectivemotivational adaptations c environmental adaptationsheterogeneity articles terms sample size cultural adaptations methodological rigor setting limited comparability effectiveness across studiesculturally adapted cbt address depressive symptoms among latino immigrants appears promising research needed commonly used cultural adaptations included language inclusion migration experience adjusting literacy level study design elements adaptations often responsive geographic characteristics available resources