Interviewer-perceived honesty as a mediator of racial disparities in the diagnosis of schizophrenia

Psychiatric Services

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 875-880

  Eack, Shaun M ^a,b   Bahorik, Amber L ^a   Newhill, Christina E ^a   Neighbors, Harold W ^c   Davis, Larry E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICAN; ANXIETY DISORDER; ARTICLE; AUDITORY HALLUCINATION; BIPOLAR DISORDER; CAUCASIAN; CLINICAL FEATURE; DELUSION; DOCTOR PATIENT RELATION; FEMALE; HEALTH DISPARITY; HONESTY; HOSTILITY; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MAJOR DEPRESSION; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH CARE; MINORITY GROUP; PERCEPTION; RACE DIFFERENCE; SCHIZOAFFECTIVE PSYCHOSIS; SCHIZOPHRENIA; SOCIAL STATUS; SUBSTANCE ABUSE; THOUGHT DISORDER; TRUST;

ADULT; AFRICAN AMERICANS; BIPOLAR DISORDER; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTERVIEW, PSYCHOLOGICAL; MALE; PSYCHOTIC DISORDERS; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; RACISM; SCHIZOPHRENIA; UNITED STATES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84866488113     PISSN: 10752730     EISSN: 15579700     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1176/appi.ps.201100388     Document Type: Article

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