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Kiara Alvarez
Researcher at Harvard University
Publications - 43
Citations - 1044
Kiara Alvarez is an academic researcher from Harvard University. The author has contributed to research in topics: Mental health & Medicine. The author has an hindex of 11, co-authored 31 publications receiving 473 citations. Previous affiliations of Kiara Alvarez include Cambridge Health Alliance & University of Texas at Austin.
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Social Determinants of Mental Health: Where We Are and Where We Need to Go
TL;DR: Recent advances in strategies to collect, evaluate, and analyze social determinants suggest the potential to better appraise their impact and to implement relevant interventions.
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Immigration and Mental Health.
TL;DR: A conceptual model of the potential underlying mechanisms that could buffer the stress and disadvantage experienced by immigrants is discussed, with a focus on how immigrants develop social relations, social capital, and social networks.
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Removing Obstacles To Eliminating Racial And Ethnic Disparities In Behavioral Health Care
TL;DR: This work proposes tailoring the provision of care to remove obstacles that minority patients face in accessing treatment, promoting innovative services that respond to patients' needs and preferences, and allowing flexibility in evidence-based practice and the expansion of the behavioral health workforce.
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Racial/ethnic differences in 12-month prevalence and persistence of mood, anxiety, and substance use disorders: Variation by nativity and socioeconomic status.
Corrie L. Vilsaint,Amanda NeMoyer,Mirko Fillbrunn,Ekaterina Sadikova,Ronald C. Kessler,Nancy A. Sampson,Kiara Alvarez,Jennifer Greif Green,Katie A. McLaughlin,Ruijia Chen,David R. Williams,James S. Jackson,Margarita Alegría +12 more
TL;DR: Nativity may be a particularly relevant consideration for diagnosing mood disorder among non-Latino Whites; additionally, lower education appears to be associated with increased relative risk of persistent mood and substance use disorders among racial/ethnic minorities compared to non- Latino Whites.
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Mental health, migration stressors and suicidal ideation among Latino immigrants in Spain and the United States.
Lisa R. Fortuna,Lisa R. Fortuna,Kiara Alvarez,Z. Ramos Ortiz,Ye Wang,X. Mozo Alegría,Benjamin Lê Cook,Margarita Alegría +7 more
TL;DR: Latinos suffering depression, trauma exposure, and immigration stressors are more likely to experience SI, despite differences in country of origin, education, and other demographic factors between countries.