The influence of the patients' ethnicity, socio-demographic conditions and strain on psychiatric diagnoses given at an outpatient clinic

Nordic Journal of Psychiatry

Volumn 58, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 421-427

  Al Saffar, Suad ^a,c   Borgå, Per ^b   Wicks, Susannee ^c   Hällström, Tore ^a  

^a KAROLINSKA INSTITUTE   (Sweden)

^b DANDERYD HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c Stockholm Centre of Public Health   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cross cultural psychiatry; Ethic minorities; Migration; Outpatient psychiatry; Psychiatric diagnoses

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HUMAN; LOGISTIC REGRESSION ANALYSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; REGISTRATION; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOCIOLOGY; SOMATOFORM DISORDER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DEMOGRAPHY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 10444272353     PISSN: 08039488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08039480410006043     Document Type: Article

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