�A study of 439 U.S. and Mexican-born Latinas seeking maternity and postnatal services at public health clinics in San Antonio uncovered elevated levels of depression among the more than "Americanized" women, report researchers from The University of Texas School of Public Health and The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio in the most recent online government issue of the Maternal and Child Health Journal.
"Americanization" or acculturation is the