1995
DOI: 10.1016/0006-3223(95)94455-6
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Racial influence on diagnosis in psychotic mania

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“…The differentiation of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has been identified as a particularly difficult problem (Blacker and Tsuang 1992;Fein and McGrath 1990;Pope and Lipinski 1978;Strakowski et al 1995;Strakowski et al 1996;Strakowski, Shelton and Kolbrener 1993). Symptoms of both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can present in the same episode, and such comorbidity adds to the complexity of making an accurate diagnosis (Chen, Swann and Johnson 1998).…”
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“…The differentiation of bipolar disorder and schizophrenia has been identified as a particularly difficult problem (Blacker and Tsuang 1992;Fein and McGrath 1990;Pope and Lipinski 1978;Strakowski et al 1995;Strakowski et al 1996;Strakowski, Shelton and Kolbrener 1993). Symptoms of both bipolar disorder and schizophrenia can present in the same episode, and such comorbidity adds to the complexity of making an accurate diagnosis (Chen, Swann and Johnson 1998).…”
Section: Clinician Biasmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…First, the concern is grounded in a particular line of reasoning in interpreting existing diagnostic evidence. Many studies that look at diagnosis within a hospital setting have found that schizophrenia is diagnosed more frequently among African Americans and that mood disorders are diagnosed more often among whites (Lipton and Simon 1985;Liss et al 1973;Mukherjee et al 1983;Neighbors et al 1999;Raskin, Crook and Herman 1975;Simon et al 1973;Snowden and Cheung 1990;Strakowski et al 1996;Tonks, Paykel and Klerman 1970;Welner, Liss and Robins 1973;Welner et al 1972). The term "over-diagnosis" has been used to refer to the findings related to schizophrenia while "under-diagnosis" has been used to describe the findings on mood disorders.…”
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“…This delay in seeking treatment may result in more severe diagnoses and more restrictive dispositions at the point of contact. Another possibility is that diagnostic discrepancies may be due to diagnostic errors, and misdiagnosis which may result from clinician bias, social and cultural distance between patient and clinician [29], cultural variations in the clinical presentation of psychiatric illness [24,51], different experiences with stress, stereotypes of psychopathology [29], and "cultural paranoia" and mistrust [52][53][54](p.453).…”
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confidence: 99%