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Luis H. Zayas

University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Verified email at utrgv.edu
Cited by 11134

Legal status, emotional well-being and subjective health status of Latino immigrants.

PA Cavazos-Rehg, LH Zayas… - Journal of the National …, 2007 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Among the many stresses that undocumented Latino immigrants experience, worries about
their legal status and preoccupation with disclosure and deportation can heighten the risk for …

The distress of citizen-children with detained and deported parents

LH Zayas, S Aguilar-Gaxiola, H Yoon… - Journal of child and family …, 2015 - Springer
In immigration enforcement, many undocumented immigrants with children are often
detained and deported. But it is their US-born citizen-children that have been overlooked in …

Suicidal behavior in Latinas: Explanatory cultural factors and implications for intervention

LH Zayas, AM Pilat - Suicide and Life-Threatening Behavior, 2008 - Guilford Press
We posit that the high rates of suicidal behavior by teenage Hispanic females reported in
large-scale surveys can be understood as a cultural phenomenon, a product of specific …

Immigration generation status and its association with suicide attempts, substance use, and depressive symptoms among Latino adolescents in the USA

…, MM Matthieu, TE Olivares, D Hartel, LH Zayas - Prevention science, 2008 - Springer
This study investigated the relation between suicide attempts and immigrant generation status
using the Latino subset of the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, a school-…

Cultural considerations in adolescent suicide prevention and psychosocial treatment.

…, LB Whitbeck, JL Murakami, LH Zayas… - American …, 2008 - psycnet.apa.org
Ethnic groups differ in rates of suicidal behaviors among youths, the context within which
suicidal behavior occurs (eg, different precipitants, vulnerability and protective factors, and …

[BOOK][B] Latinas attempting suicide: When cultures, families, and daughters collide

LH Zayas - 2011 - books.google.com
Since 1991, surveys conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have
shown that Latina teenagers attempt suicide at a far higher rate than other American youth in …

Maternal depression and adolescent behavior problems: An examination of mediation among immigrant Latino mothers and their adolescent children exposed to …

…, FE Mennen, W Saltzman, LH Zayas - Journal of …, 2007 - journals.sagepub.com
This study examines the psychological and behavioral effects of exposure to community
violence of 47 Latino mothers and their young adolescent children. Using data gathered from …

Deportation experiences and depression among US citizen‐children with undocumented Mexican parents

LE Gulbas, LH Zayas, H Yoon, H Szlyk… - Child: care, health …, 2016 - Wiley Online Library
Background There is a critical need to document the mental health effects of immigration
policies and practices on children vulnerable to parental deportation. Few studies capture the …

Familism, family environment, and suicide attempts among Latina youth

JB Peña, JA Kuhlberg, LH Zayas… - Suicide and Life …, 2011 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, we examined the relationship between familism and family environment type
as well as the relationship between family environment type and suicide attempts among …

Latino adults' access to mental health care: A review of epidemiological studies

LJ Cabassa, LH Zayas, MC Hansen - … and Policy in Mental Health and …, 2006 - Springer
Since the early 1980s, epidemiological studies using state-of-the-art methodologies have
documented the unmet mental health needs of Latinos adults in the US and Puerto Rico. This …