Alvarez K, et al. – In this study, researchers estimated racial/ethnic differences in the lifetime risk of mental disorders among Asian, Latino, black, and white adults, and examined how group differences vary by nativity. Upon analysis of a nationally representative sample of over 20,000 respondents to 4 US surveys, they estimated racial/ethnic and nativity differences in lifetime risk of anxiety, mood, and substance use disorders (defined by the DSM-IV) using survival models. Asian individuals displayed the lowest lifetime prevalence of mental disorders (23.5%), followed by black (37.0%), Latino (38.8%), and white (45.6%) individuals. Even after adjusting for nativity, Asian and black adults displayed lower lifetime risk vs white adults for all disorders; Latino and white adults displayed similar risk after adjusting for nativity. According to findings, there may exist an association of parental foreign-born nativity with a low risk of mental disorders; however, this association is not uniform across racial/ethnic groups or disorders.