Depression is prevalent among Central American immigrants, especially those from El Salvador. Due to the fact that the majority of these El Salvadoran immigrants have left El Salvador in fear and not for the love of America, they often have a rough time acculturating. In addition, these El Salvadoran immigrants have typically witness a horrible act of war or left in fear of their life after losing loved ones to the terrible actions during war time. For these reasons, PTSD in common in El Salvadoran Americans. The depression and alcoholism that stems from the PTSD, tend to create several barriers for the El Salvadoran Americans and those barriers impede on their health care. The El Salvadoran American immigrants tend to not seek health care
