Ana Acoltzi
ENG 2150
Spring 2023
Annotated Bibliography
Trinh , Nhi-Ha T., Richard Bernard-Negron, and Iqbal Ike Ahmed . “Mental Health Issues in Racial and Ethnic Minority Elderly .” NYC, September 14, 2019.
This is one of the three database source for this bibliography. The source includes gathered research on issues concerning racial and ethnic minority elderly. Especially now that there will be an increase to 44% by 2026 of this demographic. Therefore, the purpose of this data is to hopefully understand how to properly take care of this population especially their mental health. As a result, they were able to conclude that racial and ethnic minority elders experience a burden of unmet mental health needs. They were able to do this by evaluating the impact of race, culture, and ethnicity as they have aged. Based in this information, the audience they were mainly trying to target are the elderly, the minority population, as well as the people who are facing mental health problems. This is overall relevant to my topic because it focuses on mental health, and in this case they target mainly the ethnic minority elderly which would be good for my topic because it expands my demographic. A unique feature the source has is the way it was organized because it helped me focus on a section that will further explain my reasoning. However, a weakness it has is explaining where specifically they get their data from besides all their references at the bottom.
Lipson , Sarah Ketchenn, Sasha Zhou , Sara Abelson , Justin Heinze , Matthew Jirsa , Jasmine Morigney , Akilah Patterson , Meghna Singh , and Daniel Eisenberg . “Trends in College Student Mental Health and Help-Seeking by Race/Ethnicity: Findings from the National Healthy Minds Study, 2013 – 2021,” March 18, 2022.
This is also a database source that was conducted by several researchers in order to gather the most information they can. By doing so they created a survey that targets the mental health of College students with different race and ethnicity. This experiment went for as long as eight years from 2013 to 2021. After this experiment they concluded that there was a lack of progress of treatment to students who were part of the minority demographic. However, besides the negative results they also suggested solutions based on the data they have gathered. The whole purpose of this research is to examine possible trends for mental health and ways to help people that are dealing with mental health issues. This work mainly targets audience that are having problems with their mental health, specifically students. This is relevant to my topic because it deals with mental health on students with various of backgrounds and ethnicity’s that can support my thesis. Some special features this document has are the several tables the researchers were able to create to further explain the data they have gathered. It was also fresh for them to decided not to compare other races to the white race that is often used as the standard in other research like this.
Thornhill , C. W., Gastillo , L. G., Watson , B. P., Manzo , G., & Cano, M. A. (2022, May). Mental health among Latinx emerging adults: Examining the role of familial accusations of assimilation and ethnic identity .
This is my third database source, that focuses on Latinx emerging adults and the certain factors that effect their mental health such as culture. The purpose of this research is to investigate how acculturation could be linked to anxiety or depressive symptoms for Latinx emerging adults. After organizing and going through the data they have gathered from the 200 surveys they conducted they found results that supported some of their hypothesis. One of them being that, higher levels of accusation of assimilation relates to increasing symptoms of depression and anxiety. As a result they suggested that mental health advisors should not overlook familial reactions to acculturation and ethnic identity development. Based on this information, this work is written for audiences that are emerging into adulthood and have mental health problems that are linked with acculturation. This is relevant to my topic because it talks about the same issues I am going to be talking about. A unique feature this source has are the data tables that helped organize the information they were able to gather from the surveys. I think it’s also important to mention that there were some limitations to this research which could be seen as a weakness but it does help how readers might take the information.
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (2001, August). Chapter 2 Culture Counts: The Influence of Culture and Society on Mental Health . https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK44249/?report=reader
This is my website source that is more of a report compared to a research document. Therefore, they don’t exactly have a purpose than to gather up data to make a report on the influence of culture and society on mental health. After gathering several references of data and research they made some conclusions, that culture does in fact influence aspects of mental illness as well as the way a person might approach treatment. This report targets audience that are part of the ethnic and racial minorities that have mental health issues. Based on this, it is relevant to my topic because it involves several demographics that talk about mental health and how treatment is different for everyone. A unique feature this report has are the several tables of data they present to support their information.
Eshun , S., Gurung , R. A. R., & Gurung. (2009). Chapter 1: Section 7 – Psychotherapy in a Culturally Diverse World. In Culture and Mental Health: Sociocultural Influences, Theory, and Practice (1st ed., pp. 1–115). essay, John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated .
In this case the source is a book that focuses on the influence of culture on mental health, while also talking about the cross-cultural interactions between patients and clinicians that effects the way people seek for treatment. The book’s purpose is to inform the public on the overlooked association culture has on mental health. They also suggested possible ways to fix misunderstandings and miscommunications when it come to patients that come from diverse backgrounds. This book targets audiences that are either a patient that is dealing with mental health problems and for clinicians to have some cultural awareness. This is relevant to my topic because it focuses on the similar target of audience I’m trying to target. It’s also very informational when it comes to possible solutions and awareness to social issues regarding mental health. A strength this material has is the way it is structured and organized because it helped to locate what information I am looking for.