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Multi-Cultural Study of Minor Psychiatric Disorders in Asia: Symptom Manifestations

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  • Wen-Shing Tseng

    (Department of Psychiatry, University of Hawaii School of Medicine, Honolulu, HI, USA)

  • Masahiro Asai

    (Department of Neuropsychiatry, Medical School, Keio University, Tokyo, Japan)

  • Liu Jieqiu

    (Shanghai Institute of Mental Health, Shanghai, China)

  • Pismai Wibulswasdi

    (Department of Psychology, Faculty of Humanities, Chiang-Mai University, Chiang-Mai, Thailand)

  • Luh Ketut Suryani

    (Department of Psychiatry, Laboratorium Pskikiatri FK UNUDIRSU, Wangaya, Bali, Indonesia)

  • Jung-Kwang Wen

    (Department of Psychiatry, Kao-Hsuing Medical College, Kao-Hsuing, Taiwan, China)

  • Jerry Brennan

    (Department of Sociology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA)

  • Elaine Heiby

    (Department of Psychology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, HI, USA)

Abstract

Patients with minor psychiatric disorders, including neuroses, situational adjustment reaction or acute emotional reaction, were investigated using symptom questionnaires at five research sites in Asia including: Chiang-Mai, Thailand; Bali, Indonesia; Kao-Hsiung, Taiwan, China; Shanghai, China; and Tokyo, Japan. The results revealed that the symptom profiles differ significantly among groups of different settings indicating that sociocultural background does contribute to the manifestation of neurotic symptomatology. It was also found that numerous and various subtypes of somatic scales were identified through factor analysis of symptoms for these Asian populations. It demonstrates that the spectrum of neurotic symptoms has a different focus for subjects in different sociocultural settings.

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  • Wen-Shing Tseng & Masahiro Asai & Liu Jieqiu & Pismai Wibulswasdi & Luh Ketut Suryani & Jung-Kwang Wen & Jerry Brennan & Elaine Heiby, 1990. "Multi-Cultural Study of Minor Psychiatric Disorders in Asia: Symptom Manifestations," International Journal of Social Psychiatry, , vol. 36(4), pages 252-264, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socpsy:v:36:y:1990:i:4:p:252-264
    DOI: 10.1177/002076409003600403
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