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. 2006 Jun;4(2):89-99.
doi: 10.1891/hhci.4.2.89.

Preliminary Study of OCD and Health Disparities at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Tom Olson  1 , Beatriz Vera, Oriana Perez
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Preliminary Study of OCD and Health Disparities at the U.S.-Mexico Border

Tom Olson et al. Hisp Health Care Int. 2006 Jun.

Abstract

The widespread and devastating nature of obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD) sharply contrasts with the paucity of research involving Mexican Americans and Mexicans who suffer from this condition. This mixed-methods preliminary study was intended to provide initial data and to pilot the procedures for a larger investigation of the cultural identification, symptomatology, health concerns, coping mechanisms, and quality of life of Mexican Americans and Mexicans with OCD living in the U.S.-Mexico border region of El Paso, Texas and Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. For the sample of six participants, whose symptoms ranged from moderate to extreme, OCD was associated with marked impairment in quality of life, particularly in terms of social functioning, an area of central importance for many Mexican Americans and Mexicans. Areas of further study were identified, with the aim of developing culturally sensitive interventions to decrease health disparities involving OCD.

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