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Margarita Alegría

Margarita Alegría, Ph.D.

Margarita Alegría is a Principal Investigator in the groundbreaking National Latino and Asian American Study (NLAAS). Conducted in conjunction with David Takeuchi, the national sample survey examines the psychiatric disorders and service needs among Latin American and Asian American populations. Dr. Alegría's research interests include defining and proposing solutions for service disparities among minority populations, conceptual and methodological issues with research on minority populations, and risk behaviors within minority populations.

Positions

  • Professor, Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School, Cambridge, MA
  • Director, Center for Multicultural Mental Health Research, Cambridge Health Alliance, Harvard Medical School

 

Education

  • Ph.D., Temple University, Psychology

 

Relevant Publications

  • Alegría, M., Canion, G., Shrout, P.E., Woo, M., Duan, N., Vila, D., Torres, M., Chen, C., & Meng, X. (2008). Prevalence of mental illness in immigrant and non-immigrant U.S. Latino groups. American Journal of Psychiatry, 165(3), 359-369.
  • Alegría, M., Woo, M., Cao, Z., Torres, M., Meng, X., & Striegel-Moore, R. (2007). Prevalence and correlates of eating disorders in Latinos in the United States [Special issue: Special issue on diagnosis and classification]. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 40(Suppl. 3), S15-S21.
  • Bauermeister, J. J., Shrout, P. E., Ramirez, R., Bravo, M., Alegría, M., Martinez-Taboas, A., et al. (2007). ADHD correlates, comorbidity, and impairment in community and treated samples of children and adolescents. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 35(6), 883-98.
  • Alegría, M., Mulvaney-Day, N., Torres, M., Polo, A., Cao, Z., Canino, G. (2007). Prevalence of psychiatric disorders across Latino subgroups in the United States. American Journal of Public Health, 97(1), 68-75.
  • Alegría, M., Scribney, W., Woo, M., Torres, M., & Guarnaccia, P. (2007). Looking beyond nativity: The relation of age of immigration, length of residence, and birth cohorts to the risk of onset of psychiatric disorders for Latinos [Special issue: Social context, cultural processes and mental health across the life span among ethnically diverse populations]. Research in Human Development, 4(1-2), 19-47.

 

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