Differences in patterns of symptom attribution in diagnosing schizophrenia between African American and non-African American clinicians

American Journal of Orthopsychiatry

Volumn 76, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 154-160

  Trierweiler, Steven J ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^a   Munday, Cheryl ^b   Thompson, Estina E ^c   Jackson, James S ^a   Binion, Victoria J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MERCY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^d WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Clinical judgment; Diagnosis; Psychosis; Race; Schizophrenia; Symptom attribution

Indexed keywords

AFRICAN AMERICAN; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; HALLUCINATION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LOWEST INCOME GROUP; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MEDICAL PRACTICE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; NORMAL HUMAN; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SYMPTOMATOLOGY;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; CULTURE; DECISION MAKING; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; JUDGMENT; MALE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS;

EID: 33744968406     PISSN: 00029432     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1037/0002-9432.76.2.154     Document Type: Article

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