Punitive Policies Impact Latinos’ Mental Health [PSMag.com]

Samantha Sangenito 12/13/164:00 AM

Mental-health issues such as anxiety and depression can have many causes. Newly published research identifies one that we don’t usually think about: government policy.

According to a new study, American Latinos living in states with more exclusionary immigration policies report higher rates of psychological distress than their counterparts in states with more liberal laws.

Obviously, “not all immigrants are Latinos, nor are all Latinos immigrants,” a research team led by Mark Hatzenbuehler of Columbia University writes in the journal Social Science and Medicine.

[For more of this story, written by Tom Jacobs, go to https://psmag.com/anti-immigra...1e4f41074#.nz8vzpx82]

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