William A Vega

Summary

Affiliation: University of California
Country: USA

Publications

  1. ncbi Effects of health insurance on perceived quality of care among Latinos in the United States
    Debra Perez
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:555-60. 2009
  2. ncbi Ethnicity and variability of psychotic symptoms
    William A Vega
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Curr Psychiatry Rep 10:223-8. 2008
  3. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of dual diagnoses in U.S. Latinos
    William A Vega
    David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 100:32-8. 2009
  4. ncbi Health disparities in the Latino population
    William A Vega
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Epidemiol Rev 31:99-112. 2009
  5. ncbi Addressing stigma of depression in Latino primary care patients
    William A Vega
    Department of Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Westwood, CA 90024, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:182-91. 2010
  6. ncbi From documenting to eliminating disparities in mental health care for Latinos
    Steven R Lopez
    Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    Am Psychol 67:511-23. 2012
  7. ncbi Neighborhood protective effects on depression in Latinos
    William A Vega
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 0411, USA
    Am J Community Psychol 47:114-26. 2011
  8. ncbi Cultural issues and psychiatric diagnosis: providing a general background for considering substance use diagnoses
    Javier I Escobar
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
    Addiction 101:40-7. 2006

Detail Information

Publications8

  1. ncbi Effects of health insurance on perceived quality of care among Latinos in the United States
    Debra Perez
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Princeton, NJ, USA
    J Gen Intern Med 24:555-60. 2009
    ..In order to examine these potential disparities, we assessed the effects of insurance coverage and multiple covariates on perceived quality of care...
  2. ncbi Ethnicity and variability of psychotic symptoms
    William A Vega
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Curr Psychiatry Rep 10:223-8. 2008
    ..More cultural research on the clinical implications of ethnic variation in psychosis is needed. Developing awareness and requisite skills is a priority for clinicians who evaluate and recommend treatments to ethnically diverse patients...
  3. ncbi Prevalence and correlates of dual diagnoses in U.S. Latinos
    William A Vega
    David Geffen School of Medicine UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Drug Alcohol Depend 100:32-8. 2009
    ..To examine the population prevalence, patterns of onset, and important demographic covariates for dual (co-occurring) diagnoses of substance and non-substance mental disorders...
  4. ncbi Health disparities in the Latino population
    William A Vega
    Department of Family Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90024 4142, USA
    Epidemiol Rev 31:99-112. 2009
    ....
  5. ncbi Addressing stigma of depression in Latino primary care patients
    William A Vega
    Department of Family Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Westwood, CA 90024, USA
    Gen Hosp Psychiatry 32:182-91. 2010
    ..To develop a validated stigma checklist to assist physicians in addressing depression in Latino patients...
  6. ncbi From documenting to eliminating disparities in mental health care for Latinos
    Steven R Lopez
    Department of Psychology, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089, USA
    Am Psychol 67:511-23. 2012
    ..We argue that implementing interventions synchronously across multiple pathways has considerable potential to reduce and eventually eliminate disparities in mental health care...
  7. ncbi Neighborhood protective effects on depression in Latinos
    William A Vega
    University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 0411, USA
    Am J Community Psychol 47:114-26. 2011
    ....
  8. ncbi Cultural issues and psychiatric diagnosis: providing a general background for considering substance use diagnoses
    Javier I Escobar
    Department of Psychiatry, University of Medicine and Dentistry, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, NJ, USA
    Addiction 101:40-7. 2006
    ..To establish a general context on the topic of cross-cultural diagnosis and suggest how it can be applied to substance use disorders...