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Depressive symptoms and psychiatric distress in low income Asian and Latino primary care patients: prevalence and recognition
- Authors:
- CHUNG Henry, et al
- Journal article citation:
- Community Mental Health Journal, 39(1), February 2003, pp.33-46.
- Publisher:
- Springer
The aims of the study were to: assess the degree to which primary care physicians recognise psychiatric distress among an ethnically diverse primary care sample composed primarily of Asians and Hispanics; and to investigate the relationship between patient and physician sociodemographic factors and overall diagnostic recognition of psychiatric distress. Being Asian and/or having low acculturation levels may put the patient at risk for non-detection of psychiatric distress. The high prevalence of distress lends support to initiating improved methods for screening and detection of depression among low income and racially diverse primary care patients.