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8873779

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1997-6-11
pubmed:abstractText
In clinical populations, it has been reported that African-American patients are more likely to receive a diagnosis of schizophrenia than similar Caucasian patients. Factors contributing to this racial discrepancy are poorly defined. The authors examined the hypothesis that racial differences in severity of first-rank symptoms of schizophrenia contribute to this diagnostic difference. Patients were recruited as part of the DSM-IV Field Trial for Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders, and evaluated using a structured rating instrument. Symptom and diagnostic comparisons were performed between black and white patients. Black patients were significantly more likely than white patients to be diagnosed with schizophrenia and less likely with psychotic depression. Racial differences in symptom profiles were observed with black patients demonstrating more severe psychotic symptoms, in general, and first-rank symptoms, specifically. There were no racial differences in rates of affective syndromes or severity of affective symptoms. Racial disparity in diagnosis of psychotic patients may be in part secondary to more severe first-rank symptoms in black patients, causing clinicians to stray from DSM-III-R criteria.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0920-9964
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
23
pubmed:volume
21
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
117-24
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-2
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1996
pubmed:articleTitle
Racial differences in the diagnosis of psychosis.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Psychiatry, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, OH 45267-0559, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't