The need for culture sensitive diagnostic procedures: A study among psychotic patients in Morocco

Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 244-250

  Zandi, Tekleh ^a,b   Havenaar, Johan M ^c   Limburg Okken, Annechien G ^a   van Es, Hans ^d   Sidali, Salah ^e   van den Kadri, Nadia ^f   Brink, Wim ^g   Kahn, Rene S ^h  

^a Altrecht   (Netherlands)

^b VU Medical Centre ^*  (Netherlands)

^c VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^d Malibaan   (Netherlands)

^e JellinekMentrum   (Netherlands)

^f IBN ROCHD UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Morocco)

^g ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^h UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Cultural formulation; Morocco; Psychosis; Schizophrenia; Standardized diagnosis

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND HISTORY; COMPREHENSIVE ASSESSMENT OF SYMPTOMS AND HISTORY CULTURAL SUPPLEMENT; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURAL FACTOR; CULTURAL SENSITIVITY; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MALE; MOOD DISORDER; MOROCCO; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHIATRIST; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SAMPLE SIZE; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STANDARDIZATION; VALIDATION PROCESS;

CULTURAL DIVERSITY; CULTURE; DIAGNOSIS, DIFFERENTIAL; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MOROCCO; NETHERLANDS; PSYCHIATRIC STATUS RATING SCALES; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 40349094739     PISSN: 09337954     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00127-007-0290-0     Document Type: Article

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