Older Vietnamese Americans suffer higher rate of mental health problems
Friday, September 5, 2008 - 02:21
in Health & Medicine
Those 55 and older who came to the United States as refugees were twice as likely to report needing care, a UC Irvine study says. Vietnamese Americans who came to the United States as political refugees are suffering from higher rates of mental health problems than non-Latino whites, an indication that many Vietnamese Americans are experiencing lingering effects from the Vietnam War, according to a UC Irvine Center for Health Care Policy study.
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