Ethnicity effects on clinical diagnoses compared to best-estimate research diagnoses in patients with psychosis: A retrospective medical chart review

Journal of Clinical Psychiatry

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 941-945

  Anglin, Deidre M ^a,c   Malaspina, Dolores ^b  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b NEW YORK UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Tower 3 ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ETHNIC DIFFERENCE; ETHNICITY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL RESEARCH; PARANOID SCHIZOPHRENIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSYCHOSIS; RELIABILITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; TIME SERIES ANALYSIS;

EID: 46749143415     PISSN: 01606689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4088/JCP.v69n0609     Document Type: Article

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