Ethnic and Clinical Characteristics of a Portuguese Psychiatric Inpatient Population

Transcultural Psychiatry

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 314-321

  Alexandre, Joana ^a   Ribeiro, Raquel ^a   Cardoso, Graça ^a  

^a HOSPITAL FERNANDO FONSECA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

diagnosis; ethnic differences; Portugal; psychiatric inpatients

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICA; BLACK PERSON; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL COMPETENCE; DELUSIONS; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MIGRANT; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOLOGY; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; ACUTE PSYCHOSIS; ANGOLA; ARTICLE; CAPE VERDE; DELUSION; ETHNICITY; GUINEA; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL HEALTH SERVICE; MOZAMBIQUE; NEGRO; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE; UNITED KINGDOM;

ADULT; AFRICA; AFRICAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DELUSIONS; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; PERSONALITY DISORDERS; PORTUGAL; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; SCHIZOPHRENIA;

EID: 77954411694     PISSN: 13634615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1363461510369191     Document Type: Article

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