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Determinants of Psychiatric Illness in Young People

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

C. M. Rosenberg*
Affiliation:
Psychiatric Research Unit, Callan Park Hospital, Rozelle, Sydney, N.S.W., 2039, Australia. Now at Department of Psychiatry, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston 02114, U.S.A

Extract

A number of studies have suggested that psychiatric syndromes differ in the socio-cultural factors with which they are associated, such as age, race, social class and religion, as well as in the patients' family and personal backgrounds.

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1969 

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