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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
It is reported that Latin Americans describe culturally normative experiences or express putative psychotic symptoms in medical and mental health treatment settings that complicate the diagnostic process. Previous research reported that Latinos were more likely than European Americans and African Americans to have their diagnoses changed from schizophrenia to other disorders. This study describes the prevalence and likelihood of putative psychotic symptoms being expressed independent of any psychiatric disorder or co-occurring with common disorders such as depression or anxiety within a Mexican American population sample. Epidemiologic data of the Mexican American Prevalence and Services Survey (N = 3012) were used to contrast rates and patterns of putatively psychotic features among adults by demographic variables and diagnostic status using DSM-III-R criteria and receipt of treatment. Putative psychotic symptoms were reported by 17% of US-born and 7% of immigrants without disorders, and by 38% of US-born and 28% of immigrants with lifetime disorders, totaling 18% lifetime prevalence for the entire study population of Mexican Americans. First-rank Schneiderian symptoms were higher in those with a disorder compared with those without a disorder for both sexes. The results of this study indicate that putative psychotic symptoms are common among Mexican Americans, and their presence is a strong precautionary signal for evaluating clinicians to correctly distinguish whether putative psychotic symptoms are indicators of nonorganic psychoses or other psychiatric disorders, or are simply cultural expressions. Research is needed to identify the determinants of misdiagnosis in clinical practice, and guidelines are needed to assist clinicians.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
AIM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
0022-3018
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
194
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
471-7
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Adolescent, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Adult, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-California, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Comorbidity, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Cultural Characteristics, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Diagnostic Errors, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Emigration and Immigration, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Female, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Health Surveys, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Male, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Mental Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Mexican Americans, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Prevalence, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Psychotic Disorders, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Schizophrenia, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Schizophrenic Psychology, pubmed-meshheading:16840842-Sex Factors
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Putative psychotic symptoms in the Mexican American population: prevalence and co-occurrence with psychiatric disorders.
pubmed:affiliation
Behavioral Research and Training Institute, University Behavioral HealthCare, UMDNJ, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural