Rezvan Leidinger 1 , Eva Morawa 2 , Yesim Erim 2 Show Affiliations »
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Frequency and severity of mental illness in patient samples of two culturally different origins. METHODS: Employment of the structured interview (Mini-DIPS) and self-assessment questionnaires on depression (BDI-II) and general psychiatric symptom load (SCL-90-R) as well as posttraumatic symptoms (ETI) and sense of coherence (SOC-29) in 55 Iranian and 51 German patients of a psychiatric practice. RESULTS: Iranian patients show higher symptom load, but also higher resilience. CONCLUSION: The higher burden of symptoms in Iranians can be attributed to traumatic experiences before migration on the one hand and is associated with insufficient language proficiency on the other hand. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
OBJECTIVE: Frequency and severity of mental illness in patient samples of two culturally different origins. METHODS: Employment of the structured interview (Mini-DIPS) and self-assessment questionnaires on depression (BDI-II) and general psychiatric symptom load (SCL-90-R) as well as posttraumatic symptoms (ETI) and sense of coherence (SOC-29) in 55 Iranian and 51 German patients of a psychiatric practice. RESULTS: Iranian patients show higher symptom load, but also higher resilience. CONCLUSION: The higher burden of symptoms in Iranians can be attributed to traumatic experiences before migration on the one hand and is associated with insufficient language proficiency on the other hand. © Georg Thieme Verlag KG Stuttgart · New York.
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Year: 2015
PMID： 25942078 DOI： 10.1055/s-0034-1387635
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Psychiatr Prax ISSN： 0303-4259