Understanding psychopathology in migrants: A mixed categorical-dimensional approach.

CONCLUSIONS: A mixed categorical-dimensional approach seems to improve the description of the psychopathology among migrants, as it adds relevant information regarding psychopathological dimensions useful to the understanding of the peculiar clinical expressivity of our patients.
PMID: 23733828 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]

Source: The International Journal of Social Psychiatry - June 2, 2013 Category: Psychiatry Authors: Braca M, Berardi D, Mencacci E, Murri MB, Mimmi S, Allegri F, Mazzi F, Menchetti M, Tarricone I Tags: Int J Soc Psychiatry Source Type: research