The role of cultural background in diagnosing psychotic disorders: Misclassification of psychiatric symptoms in Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands

Authors	T. Zandi
Supervisors	W. van den Brink R.S. Kahn
Cosupervisors	J.M. Havenaar
Award date	07-02-2014
ISBN	9789088918025
Number of pages	157
Publisher	’s-Hertogenbosch: Boxpress
Organisations	Faculty of Medicine (AMC-UvA)
Abstract	The focus of this thesis is on the impact of cultural sensitive assessment of psychiatric symptoms in order to diagnose psychotic disorders and in particular schizophrenia in Moroccans living in Morocco and Moroccan immigrants in Utrecht, The Netherlands. The overall theme is culture-based misdiagnosis as a potential bias in the frequently reported high rates of schizophrenia among non-Western immigrants in Europe.
Document type	PhD thesis
Note	Research conducted at: Universiteit van Amsterdam
Language	English
Downloads	Thesis Front cover Title pages Contents Chapter 1: General introduction Chapter 2: The need for culture sensitive diagnostic procedures: A study among psychotic patients in Morocco Chapter 3: First contact incidence of psychotic disorders among native Dutch and Moroccan immigrants in the Netherlands: Influence of diagnostic bias. Chapter 4: Predictive validity of a culturally informed diagnosis of schizophrenia: A 30 month follow-up study with first episode psychosis Chapter 5: Effect of a cultural sensitive assessment on symptom profiles in native Dutch and Moroccan patients with a first psychosis referral: An exploration Chapter 6: General discussion Samenvatting Dankwoord Curriculum vitae Appendices
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