Significance of endorsement of psychotic symptoms by US latinos

Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease

Volumn 197, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 337-347

  Lewis Fernández, Roberto ^a,e   Horvitz Lennon, Marcela ^b   Blanco, Carlos ^a   Guarnaccia, Peter J ^c   Cao, Zhun ^d   Alegría, Margarita ^d  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d CAMBRIDGE HEALTH ALLIANCE   (United States)

^e Unit 69   (United States)

Author keywords

Diagnosis; Epidemiology; Latino; Psychosis; Suicide

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANXIETY; ARTICLE; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CULTURAL FACTOR; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISABILITY; EMOTIONAL STRESS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; OUTPATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOSIS; SCREENING; SPIRITUAL HEALING; STRUCTURED INTERVIEW; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; SUICIDAL IDEATION; SYMPTOM; ADOLESCENT; HOSPITALIZATION; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOLOGIC TEST; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; STATISTICS; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; FEMALE; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SUICIDE; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67649394609     PISSN: 00223018     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/NMD.0b013e3181a2087e     Document Type: Article

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