Association of trauma-related disorders and dissociation with four idioms of distress among Latino psychiatric outpatients

Culture, Medicine and Psychiatry

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 219-243

  Lewis Fernández, Roberto ^a,b   Gorritz, Magdaliz ^a   Raggio, Greer A ^a   Peláez, Clara ^c   Chen, Henian ^d   Guarnaccia, Peter J ^e  

^a NEW YORK STATE PSYCHIATRIC INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons ^*  (United States)

^c HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARIO PUERTA DE HIERRO   (Spain)

^d WINTHROP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^e RUTGERS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Altered perceptions; Ataque de nervios; Dissociation; Idioms of distress; Latinos; Posttraumatic stress disorder; Trauma

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; ARTICLE; CULTURAL FACTOR; DELUSION; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HALLUCINATION; HISPANIC; HUMAN; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIDDLE AGED; PERCEPTION DISORDER; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; PSYCHOLOGICAL MODEL; PSYCHOSIS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; DELUSIONS; DEPRESSIVE DISORDER, MAJOR; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDERS; FEMALE; HALLUCINATIONS; HISPANIC AMERICANS; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; MODELS, PSYCHOLOGICAL; PERCEPTUAL DISORDERS; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; STRESS DISORDERS, TRAUMATIC;

EID: 77953082332     PISSN: 0165005X     EISSN: 1573076X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11013-010-9177-8     Document Type: Article

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