A Naturalistic Study of Racial Disparities in Diagnoses at an Outpatient Behavioral Health Clinic

What is it about?

The results of this study suggest that racial differences in the diagnosis of schizophrenia in the U.S. result in part from clinicians under-emphasizing the relevance of mood symptoms in African Americans compared with other racial or ethnic groups. A case could be made that routine screening for major depression in a community mental health settings could reduce racial inequities in schizophrenia diagnoses.

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