Using the cultural formulation to resolve uncertainty in diagnoses of psychosis among ethnoculturally diverse patients

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 147-153

  Adeponle, Ademola B ^a   Thombs, Brett D ^b,c   Groleau, Danielle ^b,c   Jarvis, Eric ^b,c   Kirmayer, Laurence J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADJUSTMENT DISORDER; ADULT; ARTICLE; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; DEMENTIA; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DISSOCIATIVE DISORDER; DYSTHYMIA; ETHNIC GROUP; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMIGRANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MEDICAL RECORD; MENTAL DEFICIENCY; MENTAL PATIENT; PERSONALITY DISORDER; PERVASIVE DEVELOPMENTAL DISORDER NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSIS; PSYCHOLOGIC ASSESSMENT; PSYCHOSIS; SEXUAL DEVIATION; SOMATOFORM DISORDER; SUBSTANCE ABUSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ASIA; CANADA; CULTURAL COMPETENCY; DIAGNOSTIC AND STATISTICAL MANUAL OF MENTAL DISORDERS; DIAGNOSTIC ERRORS; EMIGRATION AND IMMIGRATION; ETHNIC GROUPS; FEMALE; HUMANS; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MENTAL DISORDERS; MIDDLE AGED; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UNCERTAINTY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84857683285     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100280     Document Type: Article

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