Cultural issues and psychiatric diagnosis: Providing a general background for considering substance use diagnoses

Addiction

Volumn 101, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2006, Pages 40-47

  Escobar, Javier I ^a   Vega, William A ^a  

^a RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

Addiction; Cross cultural diagnosis; Psychiatric diagnosis; Substance use disorders

Indexed keywords

ADDICTION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; ETHNOLOGY; HUMAN; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

CONTINENTAL POPULATION GROUPS; CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; SUBSTANCE-RELATED DISORDERS; TERMINOLOGY; TERMINOLOGY AS TOPIC; UNITED STATES; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

EID: 33746895391     PISSN: 09652140     EISSN: 13600443     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1360-0443.2006.01598.x     Document Type: Review

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