Psychological Medicine
Volume 16, Issue 3, 1986, Pages 627-639

Measuring psychiatric disorder among Southeast Asian refugees (Article)

Beiser M. , Fleming J.A.E.
  • a Refugee Resettlement Project, Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C, Canada
  • b Refugee Resettlement Project, Division of Social and Cultural Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C, Canada

Abstract

Four measures of mental health - Panic, Depression, Somatization and Well-Being - have been developed for use in a population of Southeast Asian refugees. The scales, a product of work with 1348 refugees, demonstrate conceptual significance, good reliability, concurrent validity and stability of structure across samples. They are culturally sensitive, enabling intra-cultural study as well as screening for clinical purposes. The measures also permit comparisons, for research purposes, with non-Asians. © 1986, Cambridge University Press. All rights reserved.

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cultural anthropology central nervous system depression psychological aspect human Refugees geographic distribution Adaptation, Psychological Depressive Disorder Psychological Tests panic Mental Disorders Adolescent male female clinical article Support, Non-U.S. Gov't adult migration Somatoform Disorders British Columbia somatization Asia, Southeastern Middle Age
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DOI: 10.1017/S0033291700010382
ISSN: 00332917
Cited by: 112
Original Language: English