Potential for misdiagnosis among Turkish migrants with psychotic disorders: A clinical controlled study in Germany

Acta Psychiatrica Scandinavica

Volumn 101, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-129

  Yagdiran, O ^a   Mass, R ^a   Krausz, M ^a   Haasen, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER HAMBURG EPPENDORF   (Germany)

Author keywords

Migration; Misdiagnosis; Schizophrenia; Second language

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ERROR; FEMALE; GERMANY; HALLUCINATION; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PARANOIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; FEMALE; GERMANY; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MALE; OBSERVER VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; TURKEY;

EID: 0033973080     PISSN: 0001690X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1034/j.1600-0447.2000.90065.x     Document Type: Article

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