Personality and psychopathology: In defense of a practical path toward integrating psychometric and biological approaches to advance a comprehensive model.

Personality and psychopathology each reflect patterns of internal experience and outward behavior that differ between people and affect functioning. Drawing strict distinctions between the two concepts is not only difficult, but it may prove unnecessary for advancing an integrated model of psychological experiences associated with mental illness. We argue that developing such a model will be critical for improving treatment outcomes, and we discuss a practical path forward.

Geographic Disparities in the Relation between English Proficiency and Health Insurance Status among Older Latino and Asian Immigrants.

This study examines whether English proficiency and geographic context explain health insurance status among older Latino and Asian immigrants in the U.S. Drawn from the 2010-2012 ACS PUMS, 57,936 Latino and 47,742 Asian immigrants aged 65 and older were selected.

Geographic variation in mental health care disparities among racially/ethnically diverse adults with psychiatric disorders.

Purpose: The main purpose of this paper is to examine geographic variation in unmet need for mental health care among racially/ethnically diverse adults with psychiatric disorders in the US.

Methods: Drawn from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES; 2001-2003), adults with any past year psychiatric disorder diagnosis (n = 3211) from diverse racial/ethnic backgrounds were selected for analyses. Using weighted data, descriptive analyses and logistic regression analyses were conducted.

Geographic and racial-ethnic differences in satisfaction with and perceived benefits of mental health services.

Objective: This study examined whether racial-ethnic differences in satisfaction with and perceived benefits from mental health services vary by geographic region among U.S. adults.

Race/ethnicity and measurement equivalence of the Everyday Discrimination Scale.

The present study examines the effect of race/ethnicity on measurement equivalence of the Everyday Discrimination Scale (EDS; Williams, Yu, Jackson, & Anderson, 1997). Drawn from the Collaborative Psychiatric Epidemiology Surveys (CPES; Alegría, Jackson, Kessler, & Takeuchi, 2008), adults aged 18 and older from four racial/ethnic groups were selected for analyses: 884 non-Hispanic Whites, 4,950 Blacks, 2,733 Hispanics/Latinos, and 2,089 Asians. Multiple-group confirmatory factor analyses were conducted.

Racial/ethnic variations in the relation between body mass index and cognitive function among older adults.

Objectives: The present study examines racial/ethnic variations in the relation between body mass index (BMI) and cognitive function among older adults.

Design: Cross-sectional study of secondary data.

Setting: Data were obtained from the 2010 Health and Retirement Study.