What is it about?
This is an evaluation of mental health of ethnic Chinese migrants living in Brazil.
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Why is it important?
We found that Chinese migrants manifest somatic, depressive and worry symptoms, similar in China. The psychopathologies resemble to descriptions of neurasthenia.
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This is a very unique psychometric assessment of common mental disorders among Chinese individuals living in Brazil. The respondents (n = 211) were assessed through the Chinese Health Questionnaire (CHQ-12) and a structured Schedule for Clinical Assessment in Neuropsychiatry (SCAN).
Dr Yuan-Pang Wang
Universidade de Sao Paulo Campus da Capital
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This page is a summary of: Patterns of psychopathological manifestations among ethnic Chinese living in Brazil, European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, February 2004, Springer Science + Business Media,
DOI: 10.1007/s00406-004-0452-y.
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