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Cultural Effects Upon MMPI Responses of Industrially-Injured Mexican and Anglo-American Males.” Vega stated that Mexican-Americans who scored high on the MMPI were liable for malingering because of cultural differences. These differences were not factored in the MMPI, causing the outcomes of worker's compensation to be faulty. In addition to this dissertation, she also wrote "Translating Research Into Action: Reducing Disparities in Mental Health Care for Mexican Americans" in 2002. This piece led to government allocations of increased mental health care rights in
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The quality of mental health in the Latin community is a topic that causes concern with one in five community members suffering from at least one mental illness. More specifically, many Latina women who are pursuing their careers, in the same way Vega did, are often at higher risks for the
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Star Vega had one son, Jeffrey Bryan Wiltse, who was born on
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