Inconsistencies in diagnosis and symptoms among bilingual and english-speaking Latinos and Euro-Americans

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 60, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1379-1382

  Díaz, Esperanza ^a   Miskemen, Theresa ^b   Vega, William A ^c   Gara, Michael ^b   Wilson, Daniel R ^d   Lesser, Ira ^c   Escamilla, Michael ^e   Neighbors, Harold W ^f   Arndt, Stephan ^g   Strakowski, Stephen ^h  

^a YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND DENTISTRY OF NEW JERSEY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT SAN ANTONIO   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^g UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^h UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; DEPRESSION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPEAN AMERICAN; HISPANIC; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MENTAL DISEASE; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOSIS; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SYMPTOM;

EID: 70350074887     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/ps.2009.60.10.1379     Document Type: Article

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