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Comparative Distributions of DSM-III Diagnoses in North and South American Clinical Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 August 2018

Cecilia Sogi ,
Dante Warthon ,
Juan E. Mezzich ,
Jesús Valverde ,
Alfredo Saavedra-Castillo  and
Chul W. Ahn
Cecilia Sogi
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi, Lima, Peru
Dante Warthon
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi, Lima, Peru
Juan E. Mezzich
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Jesús Valverde
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi, Lima, Peru
Alfredo Saavedra-Castillo
Affiliation:
National Institute of Mental Health, Honorio Delgado-Hideyo Noguchi, Lima, Peru
Chul W. Ahn
Affiliation:
Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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Growths in communication technologies, voluntary travel, and forced migration are fostering reciprocal awareness and a sense of interdependence among people from distant parts of the world. In line with these, there is increasing interest in health status and illness conditions across different geographical and cultural regions. Adequate identification of health problems in each region serves not only to enhance planning of treatment and preventive activities for both individuals and communities, but also may point out types of pathology that would require greater attention in diagnostic systems intended for wide international use, such as the prospective 10th Revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) (Sartorius, 1988).

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III. Psychosocial Aspects
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 154 , Issue S4: Psychiatric Diagnosis: Nosological, Biological and Psychological Aspects , May 1989 , pp. 91 - 95
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Copyright © The Royal College of Psychiatrists 

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