"Mental and Behavioral Health of Immigrants in the United States reviews research on immigrant mental health, acculturation, and multicultural psychology. The book is divided into three sections: Section A addresses the geographic and social context of immigration, including how parents and children navigate the acculturation process, how different cultural orientations affect behavior, and research methods on acculturation. Sections B and C focus on mental health issues common to Latinx, Asian, and Arab/Middle Eastern immigrants, and then more broadly across immigrant groups. Included here are a focus on depression, anxiety, and somatization, as well as alcohol abuse, insomnia, and issues for LGBTQ+ individuals. Pre- and post-migration stressors are discussed, as well as the effects of prejudice and bias, the mental health effects of religion and spirituality, and managing the demands of both work and family. Contributors from psychology, education, and social work provide different perspectives and identify opportunities for future research"--Back cover.

A:Acculturation -- 1. Linking acculturation factors, family environments, and mental health outcomes among Latino families -- Traditional contexts of reception and immigrant mental health Emerging contexts of reception and immigrant mental health -- Crisis migrant contexts of reception and mental health -- Conclusions and implications for policy, prevention, and treatment -- 2. Acculturation, parent-child relationships, and mental health of adolescents in Chinese and Mexican immigrant families -- Parenting and acculturation -- Parent-child acculturation gap -- Language brokering -- 3. Acculturation, enculturation, and bi-cultural orientations: Conceptualizations and links to alcohol use -- Definitions of acculturation, enculturation, and bi-cultural orientations -- Measurement of acculturation, enculturation, and bi-cultural orientations -- Acculturation profiles -- Bi-cultural integration and bi-cultural stress -- Strengths and limitations of existing measures -- State of the science on relations between alcohol use and acculturation, enculturation, and bi-cultural orientations -- 4. Acculturation science: Limitations and new directions -- Early acculturation theory -- The specificity principle of acculturation science -- From theory to testable: A glance at acculturation and health research -- Alcohol use -- Cigarette use -- Intimate partner violence -- Asian vs Hispanic acculturation correlations -- Limitations in acculturation science -- Acculturation measuring tools -- To apply or not to apply: Who acculturates and who does not? -- A new lens: Cultural inertia B: Mental health -- 5. A gendered look at work-family conflict among diverse US immigrants -- Immigrants at work in the US -- Work authorization -- Gaps in achievement, opportunity, and pay -- Linguistics -- Cultural considerations for diverse immigrants -- African immigrants -- Asian immigrants -- Latino/a/x immigrants -- The work-family interface among diverse US immigrants -- Work-family conflict -- Work-family stress -- Coping with work-family conflict -- Work-family conflict and mental health -- 6. Being a Latina/o immigrant parent in the United States: Links with parents' and adolescents' mental health -- The Hispanic population in the United States -- Cultural stress among Hispanic parents in the United States -- Barriers Hispanic immigrant parents face when navigating US social institutions -- Linking Hispanic parents' experiences in the United States with parent and youth mental and behavioral health -- Immigration rhetoric, policy, and effects on Hispanic families -- Parent-adolescent acculturation discrepancies -- 7. Contextual stressors and the role of religion and spirituality in the mental health of Latino/a immigrant -- Challenges affecting the mental health of Latino/a immigrant youth and parents -- Sociopolitical climate -- Discrimination -- Financial stress and economic inequality -- Acculturative stress -- Religion and spirituality among Latino/a immigrant families -- Religiosity, spirituality, and mental health among Latino/a adults -- Religiosity, spirituality, and psychological well-being among Latino/a youth -- Religion and spirituality: Identifying mechanisms of influence -- 8. Mental and behavioral health in immigrant populations: Assessment and interventions -- Impact immigration has on mental and behavioral health -- Major mental and behavioral health issues in prominent immigrant populations -- Latinx American immigrant population -- Asian American immigrant population -- African American immigrant population -- Traditional intervention approaches -- Psychopharmacological approaches -- Psychotherapy and counseling approaches -- Family group psychotherapy -- Combination of psychopharmacological and psychotherapy approaches -- Culturally sensitive alternative treatments -- New/emerging intervention approaches -- Telemedicine -- Barriers to treatment -- Implications for social work practice, policy, and future research -- 9. Intersectional complexities of South Asian Muslim Americans: Implications for identity and mental health -- Intersectional lens -- Who are the South Asian Muslim Americans? -- Muslims in South Asia: Past and present -- History of South Asians in the United States -- Islamophobia and racialization of Muslims in the United States -- South Asian Muslim American identity and well-being -- Religion-cultural norms, values, and mental health -- Discrimination -- Women -- LGBTQ + individuals -- South Asian Muslim youth -- Aging and older adults -- Minority Muslim groups -- 10. Mental health considerations for immigrants of Arab/MENA descent -- Acculturation and acculturative stress -- National context and discrimination -- Identity and racialization C: Psychopathology -- 11. The immigrant mental health advantage in the US among ethnic minority and other groups -- Epidemiology of mental illness among US and foreign-born -- Blacks -- Asian Americans -- Latinxs -- Whites -- Substantive acculturation -- Acculturation stress -- Artifactual acculturation -- 12. Internalizing behavior problems in Latinx children: Patterns and correlates of anxiety, depressive, and somatic -- Internalizing problems in childhood -- Predictors of internalizing behavior problem trajectories -- 13. Risk and protective factors for insomnia among Asian, Black, and Latinx adult immigrants in the United States -- Risk and protective factors of insomnia and poor sleep quality in immigrant adults -- Asian immigrants -- Sociodemographic factors -- Mental health conditions -- Acculturation and migration-related factors -- Health behaviors and health conditions -- Macro-level factors -- Black immigrants -- Acculturation and migration-related factors -- Mental health conditions -- Latinx immigrants -- Sociodemographic factors -- Mental health conditions -- Depression -- Anxiety -- Acculturation and migration-related factors -- Documentation status -- Language use -- Duration in United States -- Country of origin -- Nativity status -- Acculturation stress -- Health behaviors and health conditions -- Sociocultural stress and social relationships -- Macro-level factors -- Housing -- Occupational environment -- Neighborhood -- Health-care access -- Multi-ethnic immigrant samples -- Sociodemographic factors -- Acculturation and migration-related factors.