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

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

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.

International Journal of Social Psychiatry, Vol. 36, No. 4, 252-264 (1990)
DOI: 10.1177/002076409003600403
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