Depression in Latinos: Assessment, Treatment, and Prevention

Forward.- Section 1: Sociodemographic, Epidemiological, Linguistic and Cultural Factors in Depression in Latinos.- The Context of Depression in Latinos in the United States.- Latino Population Demographics, Risk Factors and Depression: A Case Study of the Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey.- Descriptive Epidemiology of Depression in Latin America and Hispanics in the US: Preliminary Results from the World Mental Health Surveys.- Comorbidity: Depression and Substance Abuse.- Cultural Considerations in the Diagnosis and Classification of Depression: The Hispanic Perspective.- Section 2: Prevention, Screening, Assessment and Diagnosis of Depression.- Prevention of Depression in Latinos.- Assessment of Depression Symptoms: Self-report Paper-and-Pencil and Computerized Questionnaires.- Diagnosis of Depression Among Latino Children and Adults.- Section 3: Treatment of Depression.- Psychosocial Treatments for Depression with Adult Latinos.- Pharmacological Treatment of Depression in Hispanic Americans.- Community-Based Interventions for Depression.- Section 4: Gender and Life-cycle Issues.- Women and Depression: The Influence of Gender in Major Depressive Disorder.- Depression in Latino Children and Adolescents: Prevalence, Prevention, and Treatment.- Epidemiology, Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Older Latinos.- Epilogue.- About the Editors.- About the Contributors.- Indices.