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Comparative study of affective disorders in three Asian countries I. Differences in diagnostic classification
Author(s) -
Nakane Y.,
Ohta Y.,
Uchino J.,
Takada K.,
Yan H.Q.,
Wang X.D.,
Min S.K.,
Lee H.Y.
Publication year - 1988
Publication title -
acta psychiatrica scandinavica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.849
H-Index - 146
eISSN - 1600-0447
pISSN - 0001-690X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0447.1988.tb06407.x
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , psychiatry , neuroticism , medical diagnosis , clinical psychology , medicine , psychology , pathology , personality , social psychology , economics , macroeconomics
A study aimed at the standardization of symptom evaluation of patients with depression was carried out as the first step in an extensive collaborative study on affective disorders between centers in Nagasaki, Shanghai and Seoul. This study was initiated in order to clarify the factors affecting the low reported prevalence rates of depressive disorders in Asia. No significant difference in evaluation of psychiatric symptoms was observed between the 3 centers. Nevertheless, the diagnoses given by ICD‐9 showed very interesting differences. For any given case, Nagasaki tended to make a diagnosis of an affective psychosis depression, while Shanghai made a diagnosis of neurotic disorder. No significant tendency was observed in the Seoul center. These findings are discussed in terms of their importance for future international collaborative studies.