TY - JOUR
T1 - Psychiatric problems among adolescent southeast Asian refugees a descriptive study
AU - Williams, Carolyn L.
AU - Westermeyer, Joseph
PY - 1983/2
Y1 - 1983/2
N2 - When first faced with evaluating and/or treating a Southeast Asian adolescent psychiatric patient, the American therapist may be overwhelmed by the vast cultural differences. We have reviewed 28 cases of adolescents encountered in a psychiatric setting in order to provide a description of their presenting complaints and problems. Diagnostic categories and demographic characteristics are described, as well as current areas of needs for t adolescent psychiatric patients from Southeast Asia.
AB - When first faced with evaluating and/or treating a Southeast Asian adolescent psychiatric patient, the American therapist may be overwhelmed by the vast cultural differences. We have reviewed 28 cases of adolescents encountered in a psychiatric setting in order to provide a description of their presenting complaints and problems. Diagnostic categories and demographic characteristics are described, as well as current areas of needs for t adolescent psychiatric patients from Southeast Asia.
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U2 - 10.1097/00005053-198302000-00003
DO - 10.1097/00005053-198302000-00003
M3 - Article
C2 - 6822822
AN - SCOPUS:0020677733
SN - 0022-3018
VL - 171
SP - 79
EP - 85
JO - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
JF - Journal of Nervous and Mental Disease
IS - 2
ER -