Healthcare Policy
Volume 5, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 40-50

Differences in mental health diagnoses between recent Chinese immigrants and a comparison population in British Columbia (Article)

Chen A.W. , Kazanjian A. , Wong H. , Reid R.J.
  • a Children's Health Policy Centre, Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University, #2431-515 West Hastings Street, Vancouver, BC V6B 5K3, Canada
  • b School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • c School of Population and Public Health, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada
  • d Center for Health Studies, Group Health Cooperative, Seattle, WA, United States

Abstract

Linked administrative data indicate that the distributions of mental health diagnoses are different for recent Chinese immigrants in British Columbia compared to a matched group reflecting the general population, as recorded in payments to general practitioners and psychiatrists between 1992 and 2001. Chinese immigrants were much less likely to have consultations for the mental disorders that were most common in the general population. Among those who saw a psychiatrist, psychotic conditions accounted for a larger proportion of visits for Chinese immigrants than those from the general population. The opposite was true for depressive conditions. The findings illuminate nuances in the disparity in mental health service utilization between Chinese immigrants and the general population.

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personality disorder immigrant depression Chinese schizophrenia human psychosis psychiatric diagnosis alcoholism mental health care mental disease male Canada affective psychosis female cultural factor Article health care utilization major clinical study adult drug abuse neurosis
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ISSN: 17156572
Cited by: 2
Original Language: English