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Meetings for the relatives of refugees from Vietnam suffering from schizophrenia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2018

M. J. Blackwell
M. J. Blackwell*
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St Thomas' Hospital, London SE1; Department of Psychiatry, UMDS, Guy's Hospital
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Department of Psychiatry, UMDS, Guy's Hospital, London SE1 9RT
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The problems of diagnosis in transcultural psychiatry and the ideological and anthropological questions raised have received much attention in the psychiatric literature over the last 15 years. Even when the diagnosis is not in dispute, specific problems are encountered in the delivery of psychiatric care to patients from ethnic minorities (Littlewood & Lipsedge, 1989; Rack, 1982). Different explanatory models of illness and treatment, linguistic and cultural misunderstandings and numerous, apparently minor, practical difficulties bedevil treatment. Contributions to the psychiatric literature of practical use in management and service designs have been sparse.

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Psychiatric Bulletin , Volume 14 , Issue 9 , September 1990 , pp. 533 - 537
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